The Ukrainian economy will face a recession in 2020, the scale of which will depend on the fluid pandemic situation at home and abroad. Macro-financial assistance from the IMF and the EU will be crucial to stabilise the economy. To begin a rapid economic recovery, Ukraine needs structural reforms, but implementation of them is unlikely.
Greece aims to strengthen its political and economic position in the Eastern Mediterranean, which was weakened after the economic crisis of 2008–2013. Among the ways to regain this stature are through access to natural resources and participation in regional alliances. The Greeks perceive Turkey as the main threat to achieving these goals. It is in the EU’s interest to foster better relations between the two countries and to find compromise in disputes between them.
Topic:
European Union, Economy, Alliance, and Regional Integration
Yuri Yakymenko, A. Bychenko, M. Bielawski, V. Zamyatin, K. Markevych, O. Melnyk, M. Mishchenko, V. Omelchenko, M. Pashkov, O. Pyshchulina, O. Rozumniy, V. Sidenko, A. Stetskiv, P. Stetsyuk, M. Sunhurovskiy, S. Chekunova, L. Shangina, and V. Yurchyshyn
Publication Date:
12-2020
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
Razumkov Centre
Abstract:
Ukraine has entered 2020 with some positive and often inflated public expectations,
largely associated with a radical change of
government. However, from the first to the
last day of 2020, the country was affected by
new, unpredictable challenges and by its own
problems, both old and new.
Topic:
Security, Foreign Policy, Agriculture, Law, Domestic Policy, and COVID-19
The Razumkov Centre’s Project “Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Year of Presidency: Achievements and Miscalculations” was implemented with the support of Hanns Seidel Foundation in Ukraine. It focuses on:
National Security and Defence;
Foreign Policy;
Domestic and Legal Policy;
Economic Policy, Situation in Economy;
Energy Sector;
Social Policy;
Public Policy;
The Assessment of the First Year of V.Zelenskyy’s Presidential Term by Citizens and Experts.
Topic:
Foreign Policy, Defense Policy, Economics, Energy Policy, National Security, Social Policy, and Public Policy
Unidad de investigación sobre seguridad y cooperación (UNISCI)
Abstract:
The Visegrad region experienced the aging and the decline of its population in the past 30 years, as
happened in other Eastern European countries. That development was aggravated by net emigration, the
scale of which was overestimated at the time of the political regime changes and underestimated after
the EU Eastern expansion. This article presents and analyses the main trends in migration to and from
the Visegrad countries, and tries to prove that political considerations and public attitudes often
prevented the formulation of appropriate government responses. Research on the motivations for
emigration found that economic opportunities prevail as the most decisive factor in individual decisions
on migration. Therefore, at the governmental level, the prospect of success to slow down or reverse the
flow of net emigration depends on economic convergence between the Visegrad countries and the West.
Topic:
Demographics, Government, Migration, and Population