Ukraine’s Perfect Storm: How Far Will It Go?
Over the first winter weekend, youth-led rallies across Ukraine, protesting the government’s decision to suspend the signing of an Association Agreement (AA) with the EU, have turned into a genuine…
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The failure of the Cox-Kwasniewski mission and its implications for Ukraine
The Cox-Kwasniewski mission was launched on the initiative of the European Parliament in June 2012. Its purpose was to resolve the issue of “selective persecution” exemplified by Yulia Tymoshenko’s jailing,…
EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Yanukovych’s Two-Level Games
Over the last month, Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych came close to fulfilling the most audacious hopes of Europhile Ukrainians. He reasserted the finality of Ukraine’s European choice when the Kremlin…
New Policy Memo: The Price of Brotherly Love: What Will Russia Lose from Integrating Ukraine?
Russia’s hard push for Ukraine’s integration into the Customs Union (CU) has reached a watershed moment. During a recent press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that Moscow’s sales pitch…
The Price of Brotherly Love: What Will Russia Lose From Integrating Ukraine?
Russia’s hard push for Ukraine’s integration into the Customs Union (CU) has reached a watershed moment. During an April 2013 press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that Moscow’s sales…
Risky Politics: Repression and Resistance in Slavic Autocracies
(Journal Article) The recent diffusion of mass protests across the Arab world has become the second most important external challenge to the leaders of post-Soviet autocracies since the spread of…
Violence & Irregular Wars in Western Ukraine
(Journal Article) Do warring sides in asymmetric conflicts always know what type of violence they use against civilians? This article relies on the case study of an anti-Soviet insurgency in…
Escape from Freedom
The results of the parliamentary election in Ukraine produced few genuine surprises. Yanukovych’s Party of Regions came in first in the party-list voting (30.1%) and won over half of…
The Sources of Continuity and Change of Ukraine’s Incomplete State
(Journal Article) This article examines the evolution of the state in Ukraine from an object of elite predation in early 1990s into a dominant actor in relations with non-state actors…
Запад и тюремное заключение Юлии Тимошенко: Когда эффект позитивного воздействия оказывается недостаточным?
При каких обстоятельствах Запад не может результативно повлиять на развитие внутриполитических процессов в соседней стране и на соблюдение в ней норм демократии? Я отвечу на этот вопрос, анализируя провал попыток…