Upon proposal of the East European Security Research Initiative Foundation, a selection of Slovakian experts commented on the probable changes in Slovakia’s foreign policy, especially with respect to the Visegrad Group, Eastern Partnership, European Union, NATO, Ukraine, and Russia. (PDF) Dušan Fischer, Zuzana Novakova, Jozef Ulian, Marek Lenč, Kristina Bockova, Samuel Goda
The Dutch referendum about the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine leads to uncharted waters on several fronts. April 6, 2016 is the first time when an electorate of one EU member state gets a direct say on an external EU agreement. This brief provides an overview of the referendum’s (i) legal and political background, (ii) state-of-play, including the argumentation of its main proponents and (iii) future prospects as the situation opens a range of new questions for the Netherlands, the EU and Ukraine in an unprecedented context. (PDF) Zuzana Novakova
The plans on supply of armament and equipment for the year 2016 have been announced, including the battery of ADMS “Tor-M2”; radar stations “Protivnik”, “Rosa” and “Vostok”; helicopters Mi-8MTV-5; armored vehicles, including modernized T-72 and BTR-70; the 4th division of ADMS S-300 are to arrive to Belarus from Russia in March. The first visit to Belarus of the delegation from Thailand led by the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom took place; the intergovernmental agreement on military-technical cooperation was signed. (PDF) Andrei Porotnikov
The expected EFSD credit, the improved foreign trade performance and the turn in the oil market significantly reduce the risks of financial imbalance of the Belarusian economy. The most acute is the issue of economic recession and worsening of the social situation among the population. (PDF) Pavel Kirkovsky
This paper was prepared within the framework of the ongoing discussion on the current crisis in Russia-West security relations organized by the European Leadership Network (ELN). (PDF) Oleksandr Tytarchuk
Joint Comments of FPRI and EESRI Foundation to the Questionnaire on Perceptions of the OSCE and Proposals for the Future Work of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions. Presented during the Second OSCE Network’s Meeting held in Hamburg on February 24, 2016. (PDF)
