Putin’s Occupation Options for Ukraine: Keep or Trade?
In his speech declaring the launch of the so-called “limited military operation,” President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia had no plans to occupy Ukraine: “We are not planning to impose…
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Ukrainian Scholars Discuss Current Crisis with Russia | Dubovyk, Haran, Kudelia, Malyarenko, Shevel
(C-SPAN | GW Today) Even the brightest minds at or strongly connected to the heart of the conflict are having a hard time figuring out what is happening and what…
The Current Tensions Around Donbas
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) What are the different actors’ perspectives on the increased tensions? What does the revival of tensions—and their apparent current decrease—tell us about the state of security? Georgi Derluguian…
New Podcast! “Volodymyr Zelensky: Year One” with Lipman, Kudelia, and Kasianov
(PONARS Eurasia Podcast) In April 2019, political novice Volodymyr Zelensky was elected the new President of Ukraine in a landslide victory. When Zelensky took over the presidency, he was faced by…
Veto on Peace/Veto on War: President Zelensky’s Donbas Imbroglio
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The sweeping victory of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who ran on the promise of peace, heightened public expectations about a swift end to the armed conflict in Donbas.…
Will Ukraine’s Fractured Electorate Create Another Power Turnover?
(PONARS Eurasia) The first round of the presidential election in Ukraine on March 31 produced two frontrunners who will face each other in the run-off on April 21: challenger Volodymyr Zelensky (30.24…
Kudelia: Young people who vote for Zelenskiy are not particularly responsive to the social promises Tymoshenko is known for
(Al Jazeera) Dnipro, Ukraine – On Sunday evening, outside a polling station in Dnipro, the fourth-largest city inUkraine, pensioner Alexey Krut shared his opinion of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister and Dnipro…
Kudelia: Ukrainian voters are saying: let us live in a free society without the state imposing on us
(CGTN America/Video Interview) Voters in Ukraine went to the polls Sunday to narrow a field of 39 presidential candidates down to two. If the preliminary results hold, Incumbent President Petro Poroshenko…
Finding the balance: Should Ukraine change its system of government?
(VOX Ukraine) Political scientists answer the fundamental question of whether Ukraine should change its system of government and shift the balance of power between the executive and the legislature. Over the past…
Martial Law and Presidential Powers in Ukraine
(Presidential Power) Since November 28, 2018 ten oblasts (provinces) in Ukraine have been operating under the provisions of the ‘martial law.’ President Petro Poroshenko introduced it in response to violent seizure…