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War in Georgia and the ‘Russian Card’ in Ukrainian Politics

Escalation of the South Ossetian conflict into a Russian-Georgian war immediately changed the security climate in the post-Soviet space. For the first time since 1991, the Russian Federation officially rejected…

From Presidentialism to Parliamentarianism: Strengthening or Weakening Democracy in Ukraine?

Since the late 1980s, crises in Ukrainian politics have been resolved through political compromise. Ukraine’s peaceful transition to independence, the 1994 electoral transition of power (the first in the post-Soviet…

A New President for Ukraine: A Democratic Choice in the CIS?

During the second term of President Leonid Kuchma (1999–2004) Ukraine faced a serious decline in civil rights, rule of law, and fair government. Political scandals around journalist Heorhiy Gongadze’s murder…

Is Democracy Irreversible in Ukraine? Political Reconfiguration on the Eve of the March 2006 Elections

The Orange Revolution in November-December 2004 against falsifications of the presidential election was a tremendous step forward in the democratization of Ukraine. Since the election, however, democratically elected President Viktor…

Ukraine at the Crossroads: Velvet Revolution or Belarusification

The present Ukrainian electoral system is based on a mixed majoritarian/proportional system, with 225 of the Rada’s deputies elected in single-mandate districts (SMD) and 225 elected by party lists. In the March…

The Paradoxes of Kuchma’s Russian Policy

Since 1991, Kyiv has followed what has been termed a multi-vector approach in its foreign policy by trying to play a delicate balancing act between the United States and the European Union,…

Political Reform or a Game of Survival for President Kuchma?

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma is constitutionally prohibited from running for a third term. Viktor Yushchenko, the leader of the main opposition bloc Our Ukraine, is, according to opinion polls, the best placed…

Ukraine on the Eve of Parliamentary Elections: Internal trends and Security Implications

Co-author: Rostyslav Pavlenko Ukraine’s upcoming parliamentary elections in March 2002 will determine not only the new composition of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada). They will also define the correlation of…

Tymoshenko Verdict

“Pandora’s box has been opened.” Interviews (in Ukrainian and Russian)gazeta.ua, obozrevatel.com (video clip) – Olexiy Haran, University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, PONARS Eurasia Member This sentence will further complicate the…

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