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National Identity in Ukraine: Impact of Euromaidan and the War

(Routledge) This essay examines the impact of the Euromaidan protests and the subsequent Russian aggression on Ukrainian national identity. It demonstrates that national identity has become more salient vis-à-vis other territorial and…

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Polio in Ukraine: Crisis, Challenge, and Opportunity

(CSIS) Two children contracted polio in western Ukraine, right at Europe’s doorstep, in August 2015. This outbreak and response laid bare the degree to which Ukraine’s immunization and overall health system…

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Kakachia: Policymakers should form a new group, the Black Sea Trio, of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova

(New Eastern Europe) Dealing with Russian involvement and implementing reforms – that is the main advice the members of the European Parliament gave to Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova in its resolution…

Will Europe Blink First on Ukraine?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since July 2014, when Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down over the Donbas, the European Union has demonstrated an unprecedented level of solidarity with Ukraine that extends…

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This is what just happened in Ukraine and why

(WP) Yesterday, the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, issued a call for the current prime minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, to resign, after which Yatsenyuk survived a vote of no confidence. To help make sense of…

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Will U.S.-Ukraine Relations Survive the Obama Years?

(Wilson Quarterly) (Co-author: Petro Burkovskyi) Almost 20 years ago, Sherman Garnett, the former deputy assistant secretary of state Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, listed the security measures that America had to take in Ukraine…

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Ukraine and the West Need Each Other

(NYTimes) Kiev, Ukraine — After centuries of nearly continuous foreign control, we Ukrainians achieved our independence from the Soviet Union 25 years ago, in 1991. In 2005, after a fraudulent election…

Decommunization in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine: Law and Practice

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Ukraine’s infamous decommunization legislation, enacted in May 2015, may be less divisive than it initially appeared. The laws ban positive public expression toward the Soviet past…

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Reforming Ukraine: Policymaking After the Euromaidan

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Ukraine’s reform process since the Euromaidan is a story of ambivalence. Progress has been limited by leaders who fear losing political control and by entrenched institutional…

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The United States and Russia after the Ukraine crisis: three scnenarios

The Center for the National Interest recently published a report, "The United States and Russia after the Ukraine crisis: Three Scenarios," with chapters by Samuel Charap, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, and Matthew…

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National Identity in Ukraine: Impact of Euromaidan and the War

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The United States and Russia after the Ukraine crisis: three scnenarios