Category: Politics

Another High-Ranking Resignation in the United States

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US President Is Dismissing the Director of National Intelligence July 28 this year, President of the United States D. Trump announced his decision on resignation of Director of the National Intelligence of the United States of America [1] D. Coats [2], who should leave his post on August 15, 2019. To replace him, the Head of the White House will nominate John Ratcliffe [3], a Texas Republican member of the House of Representatives. The official reason for such a decision is not reported. However, the quite obvious reason for it…

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The Kremlin’s Men: Nowhere to Retreat — Moscow’ Is Behind Them

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Victor Hvozd Who and how influences the Russian leadership’s decision making The  current electoral cycle in Ukraine being over, to the fore is coming the problem of resolving the conflict in the Donbas. It is argued that this can only be done through  the Normandy format negotiations, which are considered the only real opportunity to ensure the implementation of the Minsk Agreements. At this, the effectiveness of the Normandy group will largely depend on the  position of Russia, which bears the biggest  responsibility for the armed conflict in the East…

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Призначення керівництва Єврокомісії та у окремих міністерствах Німеччини

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Коментарі німецьких, австрійських і швейцарських аналітиків   Сергій Польовик Увагу авторитетних європейських аналітиків та ЗМІ привертають останні події з обрання нового президента Європейської комісії, яким несподівано для багатьох політиків стала представниця Німеччини, та з призначення на вакантну таким чином посаду Федерального міністра оборони Німеччини ще однієї жінки. Коментарі аналітиків про такі ключові переміни викликані перш за все тією провідною в ЄС роллю Німеччини, що відчутно впливає на геополітичні процеси європейського континенту. Адже такі переміни сприймаються неоднозначно через загострення протистоянь всередині ЄС і, зокрема, обструкціоністську позицію окремих його членів (географічних сусідів України — Угорщини,…

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Once Again About the Language

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What Russia Wants and What It Is After   Ivan Sichen In June 2019 Russia for the second time in a row initiated a meeting of the UN Security Council because of Ukraine’s new Language Law. For the first time such an initiative was put forward by Moscow on May 20, 2019, but it did not find support from members of the Security Council. In this regard, it was clearly stated that the issue is Ukraine’s internal affair and does not create threats to security of other countries or the world as a whole. At the same time, Russia is once again trying to exacerbate the situation around the Language Law of Ukraine at the international level.…

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The USA — China — Russia. Is There a Ukrainian Context?

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Victor Hvozd in the CIVILIZATION program on the Ukrainian Media Network   We keep saying that Ukraine should be a subject in a global context. But how to compete for the attention of the world, if there are such big players as the USA, Russia and China? What’s so special about their relationship, what do we say about them now? 1st July 2019, President of the “Borysfen Intel” Independent Analytical Center Victor Hvozd took part in the CIVILIZATION geopolitical program on the Ukrainian Media Network. The host of the program is a specialist in international security Yevhen Zherebetskyi.   Watch the full program (in Ukrainian):  

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Returning Russia’s Rights in the PACE

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A Catastrophe or a Warning for Ukraine?   Since 2014, the support of our state by Western countries and international organizations in the confrontation with Russia is critically important for Ukraine. First of all, this concerns the USA, the EU and NATO’s actions to contain the aggressive policy of Moscow through sanctions and increasing of military presence in Europe, as well as financial, economic and military technical assistance to Ukraine. In general, our Western partners’ attitude to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine remains unchanged. But lately, some European countries have been making attempts to reach agreement with Moscow, including at the expense of certain concessions in its favor.…

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Observing Some German-Language Media on the Eve of the G20 Summit in Japan

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Serhiy Polyovyk   At the end of June 2019 (on the 28–29, to be exact), G20 leaders are traditionally meeting at the highest level — it will be the 14th G20 summit, which will be held for the first time in Japan, in Osaka. European and the world leading analysts are waiting for this event because they are well aware of its level and, in particular, of the current relationship between the leading countries-participants of the Summit, first of all, between the United States and China. European media, and especially German, Swiss…

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The State Visit of China’s Leader to North Korea as a Way of Pressure on the United States

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Serhiy Polyovyk The attention of European analysts who keep a close watch at China’s activity, was drawn to China’s leader Xi Jinping’s unexpected visit to North Korea. And it’s not accidentally, because Europeans are alarmed by its aggressive policy of gradual capturing key infrastructure of European countries. In particular, the Strategic Initiative “One Belt, One Road” provides for the creation of appropriate conditions for the promotion of Chinese interests, namely, its capital, people, technology in one and only direction — from China to the West. And the fate of the…

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European Parliament 2019–2024. Provisional results

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Roman Kot May 23–26, 2019, voters of the 28 EU Member States elected a new European Parliament. From the very beginning, the election campaign was subject to special and even excessive attention (as compared with the voters’ traditional perceptions of this institution as a secondary one). Several factors contributed to this: the growing popularity of populists all over Europe, the decline in trusting traditional European-wide political forces: the “European People’s Party” (EPP) and, in particular, the “Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats” (S&D), and greater attention to problems of ecology. All these trends were manifested during the voting and in general, with…

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The Government Crisis in Austria on the Eve of the Elections to the European Parliament

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The official policy of the formally neutral Austria has long been under the watchful eye of European partners   Serhiy Polyovyk Analysts, observing the changes in the situation on the eve of the next election to the European Parliament, are forced to take into account the government crisis in a neutral country like Austria. Large volumes of sensitive material about the two years ago scandal, analytical studies on the reasons for the publication of the information discrediting Austrian politicians, which had led to the collapse of the government coalition and early elections in Austria, the key figures in the Austrian top business that…

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