The chronic political uncertainty in Ukraine has created a type of formal stability built upon a play-with-the-rules (instead of play-by-the-rules) archetype. This kind of stability may help consolidate national governance in the short-term. However, it is unable to provide long-term fundamentals for success, as it does not meet obvious challenges of institutional capacity-building, functional democracy, and rule of law. […]
Memo #:
123
Series:
2
PDF:
PDF URL:
http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/pepm_123.pdf