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Ukrainian Presidential Elections 2019
The
Ukrainian people had made historic choices for independence, democracy and the
free market more than a quarter century ago, but they have only partially
achieved their...
On the Road to “Strategic Depth” in the Black Sea Region
Authors: Ruslan Mamedov and Olga Pylova*
For many years, the Black Sea has been a platform for the military
exercises of Black Sea region countries...
Munich Neglect – Azov Package of Sanctions instead of Minsk Agreements
The 55th Munich Conference on security issues featured no
separate panel on Ukraine. The statement by NATO’s former Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen that “from the...
Ukraine: Religious Organizations Increasingly Violate Journalist Rights
In early January 2019, an event remarkable for the Ukrainian faithful
happened – the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was granted independence. Before that,
there were three largest...
Serious Drawbacks in Ukraine’s Adopted ‘Church’ Bill
On January 17, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) passed the bill No. 4128 on new amendments regarding the subordination (denomination) of religious organizations and the...
Russia, Ukraine And The Disputed Crimean Peninsula
In this exclusive video for In Homeland Security, American Military University’s Dr. Matthew Crosston, Doctoral Programs, School of Security and Global Studies, discusses the...
Patriarch Theophilus to decide whether to concelebrate Liturgy with the new Ukrainian Church hierarchs
On the Orthodox Christian feast of Theophany, the 19th of January, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will visit Jerusalem. As part of this trip,...
Future of Russia’s “Breakaway Empire”
As the West-Russia tensions have grown over the past years, one theater of Russian foreign policy, namely management of breakaway regions, has largely fallen...
The Evolving Orthodox Triangle Constantinople – Kiev – Moscow
Churches think in centuries and are not bound to short-term political mandates. On January 5, 2018 the Patriarch of Constantinople implemented his decision to...
What UK defense minister was doing in Odessa, or a taste for farce
History repeats itself. This popular maxim also rings very true today. Many episodes of the Crimean War are still fresh on the memory of...