The International Implications of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution of November/December 2004, set in motion by a ne wly assertive Ukrainian society, opened a new chapter in Ukrainian history and led to a tangible change in…
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Rejoining Europe?: The Socializing Power of European Institutions
Recent months have witnessed a heated debate between the United States and its European allies over basic foreign policy strategies. Played out largely in discussions over the war on terror, headline stories…
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 Next President of Ukraine: Predicting the Unpredictable
It is obvious that the epoch of Leonid Kuchma in Ukraine is coming to its end. When and how this epoch will end and what, let alone who, will follow Kuchma…
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…
U.S. – Ukraine Relations in a Changing Security Environment
The events of September 11, 2001, have greatly changed the security environment and have set a distinct new security agenda for the United States. Although one could argue that these…
Russia’s Policy in the Former Soviet Union and the New Challenges to the United States Eurasia Policy
With Vladimir Putin’s presidential inauguration in May 2000, Russian policy toward the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union began to change. By the end of 2001 these changes…
International Assistance and Human Rights in Post-Soviet Ukraine
A decade into its independent, post-Soviet existence, words or phrases like laggard, diminished expectations or basket case typically capture the headline story about Ukraine. In the humanrights policy area, the…
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…