Category: Victor Hvozd’s Geopolitical Diary

Ukraine and NATO. Problems and Prospects

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AUGUST 2019 MARKS THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)

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August 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as the most powerful collective security system in the world. Indicative of this will be the next summit of the Alliance, scheduled for December 2019 in London. It will summarize the activities of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in recent years, as well as clarify the Organization’s tasks in the face of new challenges and threats to NATO and its members

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Do Seven Babysitters Have a Child Unattended or Again on the Same Rake?

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THE VITAL REFORM OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION SECTORS OF UKRAINE SO FAR IS ONLY ON PAPER

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In the last five years, in the context of Russia’s “hybrid” war against Ukraine, many approaches to the organization, activity, legislative support and necessary changes in a wide range of national security and defense in Ukraine have changed dramatically. Many approaches really have changed, but not all of them. With the creation of new anti-corruption bodies, which for the first time in the history of the state, formed, so to speak, the anti-corruption sector of national security — the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), the National Anti-Corruption Agency, the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) — there is an urgent need to reform the main body of this sector — the Security Service of Ukraine

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Democracy and Intelligence in the United States

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HOW TO PREVENT USURPATION OF SPECIAL SERVICES

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The USA’s experience could be useful for Ukraine. Of particular importance is to create (on the basis of the adopted guidelines on national security and defense) a new Parliamentary Intelligence Committee, and not to leave it as it is, just by adding a phrase to the name of the committee, as they propose today

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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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Economy in Exchange for Sovereignty

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Should We Stake On Russia?   Victor Hvozd Despite the clear constitutional definition of Ukraine’s external course, the election campaign in our country again gave relevance to this issue. Thus, despite Russia’s continuation of its armed aggression against Ukraine, a number of Ukrainian political forces openly advocate restoration of relations with the aggressor without any commitments on its part. In support of this, the arguments are put forward about “positive effects” of such a step, which supposedly would contribute to the development of the Ukrainian economy and increase the standard of living…

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Modern, Strong and Reliable Intelligence — a Strong State

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Today is the time when the state should, at last, pay attention to such an extremely important state instrument as intelligence. It is of vital importance in today’s complex world, especially for Ukraine. The attitude to the Intelligence in Ukraine is still the Soviet one, or as it is also called the “sovok” approach — as to something super secret and mysterious, which is often very beneficial to the authorities, therefore sometimes it prompts them to use intelligence for other agendas or to use it ineffectively, when the intelligence service is assessed from the point of view of its leader’s personal commitment, and not on the results of the work, and also quite often on the principle…

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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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