The effects of the recent revolution in North American shale gas are now being felt in Europe, as both states and energy companies rush to be the first to reap the promised benefits of the region’s reserves. The Ukrainian government—making positive headlines for a change—has seized the momentum, calling for a new European energy future that will break the chains of Russia’s energy monopoly in the region.
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ICDS has participated in drafting a paper on external challenges and internal problems of Ukraine’s security policy.
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The news streaming into our living rooms from the television screens have lately been about two major issues – Gaza and gas. Before Christmas, Israel opened another page in the blood-stained history of its conflict with the Palestinians by launching an attack on the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip, allegedly to destroy the militants’ capability to fire missile to the Israeli cities. When the New Year celebrations were ending, Russia shut down gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine, alleging that the latter was stealing transit gas instead of paying its debts and agreeing to a new price.
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Since Russia’s aggression against Georgia in August, a number of Ukrainian and foreign politicians, diplomats and security policy analysts have warned that Ukraine and Crimea could become Russia’s next target. Indeed, Moscow has persistently intimidated Ukraine ever since the Orange Revolution. Kremlin regularly provokes and exacerbates conflicts between Crimea and the central government in Kyiv in order to increase its own influence in Crimea and to strengthen its position in the Black Sea region.
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Kas apelsinivärvi koalitsioon Ukrainas saab ja jääb elujõuliseks või mitte? Tänane uudis Ukraina oranži koalitsioonileppe allkirjastamisest Julia Timošenko Bloki (BJUT) ja Meie Ukraina-Rahva Omakaitse (NUNS) vahel annab lootust optimismiks.
Lepe kiideti heaks BJUTi ja NUNSi parlamendifraktsioonide ühisel koosolekul. Dokumendiga olid nõus kõik fraktsioonidesse kuuluva saadikud, välja arvatud üks. Eriarvamusele jäi Meie Ukrainasse kuuluv senine Julgeolekunõukogu sekretär Ivan Pliuš, kes on pika karjääriga poliitik, Juštšenko perekonnasõber ja mõningatel andmetel ka Ukraina presidendi vaimne isa poliitilises plaanis.
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