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Denna studie analyserar Rysslands inställning till väpnade konflikter i Kaukasienregionen efter 2... more Denna studie analyserar Rysslands inställning till väpnade konflikter i Kaukasienregionen efter 2014. Kaukasien fortsätter att vara en konflikttyngd del av Rysslands närområde, där den största risken för krig är ett förnyat och utvidgat krig mellan Armenien och Azerbajdzjan över Nagorno-Karabach. Av de tre regionala stormakterna -Ryssland, Turkiet och Iranhar endast Ryssland militära baser i Kaukasien och är den enda som är redo att agera militärt i regionen.
Security in Central Asia Russian policy and military posture, 2019
The NEBI YEARBOOK 2001/2002, 2002
Acta Slavica Iaponica, 2002
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FOI is an assignment-based authority under the Ministry of Defence. The core activities are resea... more FOI is an assignment-based authority under the Ministry of Defence. The core activities are research, method and technology development, as well as studies for the use of defence and security. The organization employs around 1350 people of whom around 950 are ...
Software Engineering, 2000
Slavic Review, 2006
... Communities and Post-Communist Transformation Edited by Simon Smith 4 Repression and Resistan... more ... Communities and Post-Communist Transformation Edited by Simon Smith 4 Repression and Resistance in Communist Europe JC Sharman 5 Political ... 19992000 Anne White 13 Russian Society and the Orthodox Church Religion in Russia after communism Zoe Knox 14 ...
Acta Slavica Iaponica, 2002
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Ukraine has been subject to several attempts of economic reforms since independence in 1991, but ... more Ukraine has been subject to several attempts of economic reforms since independence in 1991, but has not managed to fully transition to a market-based system. As a result, the Ukrainian economy has ended up in a semi-transformed state with many shortcomings. A main problem is that basic institutions like the rule of law have never been properly established. Instead, a powerful oligarch class emerged along with the early privatisations and their influence led to state capture, which has effectively hindered market reform and nurtured vested interests and corruption.
This report attempts to assess the potential of the Ukrainian economic reforms started in 2014 to become sustainable, in the sense that institutions underpinning a market economy may become permanent and sustain economic growth. The report also discusses the significant foreign assistance supporting the reform process, and oligarch influences that represent risks to sustainability. In the concluding assessment, it is found that although the risks for failure of the reforms remain present, for instance in the form of oligarch power, the opportunities for success appear to be quite strong. Reforms addressing corruption and establishing an independent judiciary have been started, and Ukraine has an engaged civil society that plays a key role in keeping the reforms on track and monitoring the behaviour of the political establishment.
Keywords: Ukraine, economic reform, foreign assistance, oligarchs
Detta verk är skyddat enligt lagen (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk... more Detta verk är skyddat enligt lagen (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk, vilket bl.a. innebär att citering är tillåten i enlighet med vad som anges i 22 § i nämnd lag. För att använda verket på ett sätt som inte medges direkt av svensk lag krävs särskild överenskommelse.
Papers and reports by Jakob Hedenskog
Denna studie analyserar Rysslands inställning till väpnade konflikter i Kaukasienregionen efter 2... more Denna studie analyserar Rysslands inställning till väpnade konflikter i Kaukasienregionen efter 2014. Kaukasien fortsätter att vara en konflikttyngd del av Rysslands närområde, där den största risken för krig är ett förnyat och utvidgat krig mellan Armenien och Azerbajdzjan över Nagorno-Karabach. Av de tre regionala stormakterna -Ryssland, Turkiet och Iranhar endast Ryssland militära baser i Kaukasien och är den enda som är redo att agera militärt i regionen.
Security in Central Asia Russian policy and military posture, 2019
The NEBI YEARBOOK 2001/2002, 2002
Acta Slavica Iaponica, 2002
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FOI is an assignment-based authority under the Ministry of Defence. The core activities are resea... more FOI is an assignment-based authority under the Ministry of Defence. The core activities are research, method and technology development, as well as studies for the use of defence and security. The organization employs around 1350 people of whom around 950 are ...
Software Engineering, 2000
Slavic Review, 2006
... Communities and Post-Communist Transformation Edited by Simon Smith 4 Repression and Resistan... more ... Communities and Post-Communist Transformation Edited by Simon Smith 4 Repression and Resistance in Communist Europe JC Sharman 5 Political ... 19992000 Anne White 13 Russian Society and the Orthodox Church Religion in Russia after communism Zoe Knox 14 ...
Acta Slavica Iaponica, 2002
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Ukraine has been subject to several attempts of economic reforms since independence in 1991, but ... more Ukraine has been subject to several attempts of economic reforms since independence in 1991, but has not managed to fully transition to a market-based system. As a result, the Ukrainian economy has ended up in a semi-transformed state with many shortcomings. A main problem is that basic institutions like the rule of law have never been properly established. Instead, a powerful oligarch class emerged along with the early privatisations and their influence led to state capture, which has effectively hindered market reform and nurtured vested interests and corruption.
This report attempts to assess the potential of the Ukrainian economic reforms started in 2014 to become sustainable, in the sense that institutions underpinning a market economy may become permanent and sustain economic growth. The report also discusses the significant foreign assistance supporting the reform process, and oligarch influences that represent risks to sustainability. In the concluding assessment, it is found that although the risks for failure of the reforms remain present, for instance in the form of oligarch power, the opportunities for success appear to be quite strong. Reforms addressing corruption and establishing an independent judiciary have been started, and Ukraine has an engaged civil society that plays a key role in keeping the reforms on track and monitoring the behaviour of the political establishment.
Keywords: Ukraine, economic reform, foreign assistance, oligarchs
Detta verk är skyddat enligt lagen (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk... more Detta verk är skyddat enligt lagen (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk, vilket bl.a. innebär att citering är tillåten i enlighet med vad som anges i 22 § i nämnd lag. För att använda verket på ett sätt som inte medges direkt av svensk lag krävs särskild överenskommelse.