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In the wake of the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, a new generation of Ukrainian leaders is stepping up and working to make lasting change to Ukraine’s future.
Wed, Jul 15, 2020
Toppling Lenin: The lessons of Ukraine’s memory wars
The Black Lives Matter movement has sparked a flurry of monument removals across the US and elsewhere. Independent Ukraine’s long history of memory wars offers a timely case study in the politics of the past.
Fri, Jun 12, 2020
Mission accomplished? Vakarchuk quits but his political party lives on
Ukrainian rock legend Slava Vakarchuk has resigned as an MP less than one year after leading his reformist party into parliament for the first time. He claims it is “mission accomplished” – but will his party survive?
UkraineAlert by Melinda Haring
Tue, Apr 28, 2020
Three more reasons to be optimistic about Ukraine’s future
After spending a year studying with some of the best political scientists and economists in the United States, Ukraine’s up-and-coming innovators make their mark.
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Another August surprise: What is Putin up to in Ukraine?
As the coronavirus pandemic and growing economic hardship affect both Russia and Ukraine, and as the United States is absorbed with the pandemic, protests and the approaching Presidential election, some experts fear the Kremlin may launch a new strike against Ukraine in the late summer.
Priorities for investment and rebuilding the Donbas
How does a region known globally for conflict chart a new, constructive path forward? How can Ukraine convince foreign investors to invest in a war-torn region with dodgy courts?
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Mon, Jul 13, 2020
East Ukraine’s European roots and the myths of Putin’s Russian World
Moscow has sought to justify the war in eastern Ukraine by claiming it historically belongs within the “Russian World”, but this ignores the region’s deep Ukrainian roots and cosmopolitan heritage.
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Mon, Jul 6, 2020
Czar Putin wants a new age of empires
In both word and deed, Putin has made it clear that he rejects today’s rules-based international order and seeks to reverse the verdict of 1991. His vision for a new age of empires represents an existential challenge to the West.
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Fri, Jul 10, 2020
Central bank chief’s political ouster discredits Ukraine
In June, Ukraine secured a vital new IMF program. Continued National Bank of Ukraine independence was a key condition. However, within weeks, NBU chief Yakiv Smolii resigned citing political pressure.
UkraineAlert by Anders Åslund
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