Church independence became closer Last week’s Ukrainian pinnacle event occurred on the weekend. On 15 December the Unification Council of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in Kyiv has established a unified church, the Orthodox Church of...
Recently the Ukrainian-hosted “Clear Sky 2018” – a 12-day joint multinational military exercise – concluded. And NATO’s Trident Juncture 18, one of the largest military exercises ever held in Norway, was launched on 25 October....
A declaration by the Romanian defense minister that his country is concerned by the increased Russian presence the Black Sea is encouraging Kyiv which welcomes such a statement by a senior official of a NATO country as an indication that...
On 24 August 2018, a military parade on the central street of Kyiv was held to mark Ukraine’s 27th Independence Day said to be the largest yet. Approximately 4,500 military servicemen from Ukraine and 300 of their colleagues from 18...
I’m going to put a case forward for Ukraine’s membership in NATO. It’s difficult to discuss these requirements because it’s a moving target with NATO all the time, there doesn’t seem to be a single set of criteria like the...
Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, assured Ukraine that the USA supports the idea of Ukraine’s membership in NATO. She said this during a panel discussion during the 11th Security Forum which was...
Ukraine is now an official NATO aspiring member, i.e. nation declaring aspirations to become full-fledged members of NATO. It was added to the list of such countries on NATO’s website on 10 March 2018. “Currently, four...
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often appears to be is far too large for anyone to keep up with. But there needs to be a way to mark those which can’t be discussed in...
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often appears to be is far too large for anyone to keep up with. But there needs to be a way to mark those which can’t be discussed in...
I don’t want to toss around phrases like “an historic day” or “an historic statement,” but the statements of NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg about NATO’s support for Ukraine’s Euroatlantic aspirations on...
The three-month campaign leading up to the spring presidential elections officially started on 31 December 2018. According to current polls, no single candidate stands out. Among leading candidates, however, most can be classified as...
