Hope and Momentum in Ukraine
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Interview with Dubovyk: Ukraine Looks to the West as Conflict Continues
(WMOT) Ukraine has been in conflict since 2014, when President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country, and Russian troops annexed the Crimea region. Fighting has been off-and-on ever since, with Russian-armed…
The crisis over Ukraine – three years on: Is a “grand bargain” totally ruled out?
(FIIA) An explicit “deal” between the West and Russia on Ukraine is not possible. Europe would like to reach a more pragmatic modus vivendi with Moscow, but a sustainable freezing of the conflict…
Book Review: Identities and Foreign Policies in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: The Other Europes
This book is an important contribution to the ongoing academic debate on Europe and different modalities of European identity. The authors ventured to look at the concept of Europe from…
Old Political Habits Die Hard in Ukraine
(PONARS Policy Memo) Since Ukraine’s independence, no government in Kyiv has ever completely become authoritarian or democratic. While many states in the region have been seized by authoritarianism, Ukraine has been…
Warfare in a Post-Truth World: Lessons from Ukraine
(PONARS Policy Memo) The U.S. intelligence community’s January 6 report about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election highlighted the role of Russian media organizations in spreading fake news and…
How Can the EU Help Ukraine Build the Rule of Law and Fight Corruption? Romania and Bulgaria as Guideposts
(PONARS Policy Memo) There has been overwhelming rhetorical commitment in post-Euromaidan Ukraine to reforming the judiciary and battling corruption. However, despite the adoption of numerous new relevant laws and constitutional amendments,…
Russian Society and the Conflict in Ukraine: Masses, Elites and National Identity
(E-Int'l Relations) This chapter looks at how Russian society reacted to the conflict in and with Ukraine. The active phase of the conflict began in March 2014 with the annexation of…
Gerber: Ukraine’s conflict zone is a major humanitarian disaster right in the middle of Europe
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Memory and Language: Ukraine’s Divergent Policies on Two Controversial Issues
(PONARS Policy Memo) Among the many challenges faced by the Ukrainian government after the victory of the Euromaidan, two issues have the highest potential for dividing society and thus weakening the…