Category: Publications

China’s African Policy

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Oleksiy Volovych Over the past 20 years, China has increased its economic presence in Africa, and this trend will continue in the future, as it is extremely attractive for both China itself and for many African countries. The predicted critical shortage of natural resources for China’s economy and the need to expand global demand for Chinese goods make Africa a strategic asset for economic cooperation and guarantees of economic security of the Celestial. In our view, China’s economic and military presence on the African continent has become so large-scaled that the USA’s possible attempts “to push it out” of Africa are clearly doomed to fail, or they can provoke a planetary…

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New Manifestations and Trends in the European Politics of Some of Our European Geopolitical Neighbors

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Serhiy Polyovyk Today, the system of existing institutes of the European community is subject to testing. Especially regarding the strength of common values that have become familiar in recent decades, and which may seem long-lasting. But such stability of the present can suddenly change and in relations there will be mutual distrust, hostility and intransigence. Taking into consideration the Western-European media analytics, it is now advisable for Ukraine to actively pursue pragmatic international relations. And to remember about the experience gained, about enemies’ encroachments, and to form our own civilized, but at the same time, aggressive offensive policy in foreign relations. That will allow to become a geopolitical actor that offers clear and mutually…

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“We Often Are a Defending Party. While We Should Actively Advocate Our Principles”

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July 11, 2019, the Ukrinform hosted an interesting discussion on the upcoming meeting of the UN Security Council on the Ukrainian Language Law. The meeting of the Security Council was again initiated by the Russian Federation   The charitable foundation “Accent” together with the public initiative “Amber Way” this time devoted their event to the RF’s so-called initiative to hold a meeting of the UN Security Council, on the agenda of which would be the Language Law of Ukraine. Participants of the event in the Ukrinform expressed their seeing of this not ordinary event, outlined a series of related problems that Russia is trying to shift onto Ukraine, and…

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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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Analysis of Threats to the National Security of Germany

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2018 Annual Report of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV)   Serhiy Polyovyk The institution responsible for internal security and timely and effective counteraction to threats in Germany is the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitutions (BfV). This is one of the secret services that performs counter-intelligence tasks and collects information about spyware that is being conducted on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany in favor of other countries. June 27, 2019, Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany, Horst Seehofer and President of the BfV Thomas Haldenwang, issued a BfV document entitled “The 2018 Report on the Protection of the Constitution”. Traditionally,…

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Latin America. Analytical Review 06/2019

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Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in June 2019   June 2019, was a month of serious events in South America. In particular, as far as Venezuela is concerned, the international community’s interest to the country will not fade; Bolivia is protesting against the 15-year reign of dictator Evo Morales; Mexico and the United States are negotiating on settling the migration crisis. But the MERCOSUR community after the G20 summit in Japan may be happy with the establishment of most beneficial in history relations with the European Union.      The article is available in Ukrainian

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Afghanistan: The Struggle for the Taliban

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The analysis of the events around Afghanistan makes suggests a conclusion that today the struggle of Europe, Russia and the United States for influence on the Taliban in the future of Afghanistan is continuing and gaining momentum.   At this, the official Kabul, the United States and Germany will try to help a split of the Taliban in order to force them to peace and signing an agreement. The movement has come close enough to actually getting the status of “liberation movement” and become a subject of the international process and official negotiations.   The article is available 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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Iran: Playing on the Brink

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Just a few days ago, we mentioned the new stage in the escalation of the military-political situation in the Persian Gulf region. Less than a week — another event: the IRGC Air Force shot down an American drone. US President D. Trump made a decision about air strike, but later he called off the strike. The question arises: “How long will the period of threats last, where is the limit of such an escalation, why and in whose way does Iran stand?” Today, despite tense muscles and promises to punish, all the parties to the conflict, without exception, have come close to the “red line”, but do not dare to cross it. It is easy to start a war, but how much and what…

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