Why Authoritarianism Is Impossible in Ukraine
Yuriy Matsiyevsky (Ostroh Academy National University) discusses the structural, societal and institutional impediments to the development of a consolidated authoritarian regime in Ukraine.
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Why Authoritarianism Is Impossible in Ukraine
Yuriy Matsiyevsky (Ostroh Academy National University) discusses the structural, societal and institutional impediments to the development of a consolidated authoritarian regime in Ukraine. matsiyevsky Podcast .mp3 Episode 33
Belarus Inside the Bear Hug | And Its Geopolitical Predicament After the Ukraine Crisis
(PONARS Policy Memo) The 2014 crisis between Russia and Ukraine has produced new security concerns in Minsk related to a hypothetical Russian intervention and occupation of Belarus. But the crisis has…
Revolution without regime change: The evidence from the post-Euromaidan Ukraine
(Communist and Post-Communist Studies) Abstract: What effects does a revolution have on the stability or change of a hybrid regime? Has the Ukraine’s regime changed since the 2014 revolution? To answer these questions I…
Believing Facts in the Fog of War: Identity, Media and Hot Cognition in Ukraine’s 2014 Odesa Tragedy
(Geopolitics) (Co-authored with Oxana Shevel and Olga Onuch) Abstract: How do people form beliefs about the factual content of major events when established geopolitical orders are violently challenged? Here, we address the tragic…
Will Ukraine’s 2019 Elections Be a Turning Point? Unlikely, but Dangers Lurk
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Next year, amid an ongoing conflict with Russia, sluggish economic recovery, and the rise of populism, Ukrainians will elect a new president (in March) and a…
Why did Ukraine impose martial law?
(Monkey Cage) (By Keith Darden and Lucan Way) On Monday, the Ukrainian government imposed martial law in 10 of its 25 provinces — the first time the country’s government took this step…
Ukraine’s New Front Is Europe’s Big Challenge
(FP) (Co-authored with Carl Bildt) There’s plenty Europe should do to push back against Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine. “Crimea, Ukraine, Moldova.” In late August 2008, with Russian troops in control of…
Russia and Ukraine had a short naval battle. Here’s what you need to know
(Monkey Cage) (Co-authored with Michael Kofman) The Nov. 25 skirmish between Russian Border Guard and Ukrainian navy ships in the Kerch Strait has escalated tensions not just between the two countries, but also between…
The Sea of Azov: The newest front in the war in Ukraine?
(ECFR Podcast) Mark Leonard speaks with Andrew Wilson, Kadri Liik, and Nicu Popescu about the Kerch Strait ship capture, what this means and how the international community could react to the…