Ukraine

Five Lessons from Ukraine’s Revolution

By Rajan Menon

Just when it seemed that Ukraine was lurching toward an all-out civil war that could have spilt the country between a Russophone east and south and a Europe-oriented center and west, feverish mediation by the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland has led to a deal between the embattled regime of President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition. With Yanukovych removed […]

To Avoid Ukraine Catastrophe, Get Tough on Russia

By James Rupert

Brzezinski: US Should Avert Effort by Moscow to Promote Secession With Ukrainian protesters struggling to pull their country toward greater democracy and engagement with Europe, the US and EU governments should set policies to avert any effort by Russia to divide the country by backing the secession of Ukraine’s Russian-speaking regions, says Atlantic Council senior […]

Ukraine’s Amb. Shamshur: Still Work to Do on Peace Deal

Opposition Advisor Warns of Secession Dangers European Union mediators and Ukrainian opposition leaders still face a challenge in winning full acceptance of today’s deal to end the country’s political crisis, said Oleh Shamshur, a Ukrainian diplomat who advises opposition party leader Vitaliy Klitschko. While Klitschko’s party and the two other main opposition groups in parliament […]

NATO Secretary General Welcomes Agreement in Ukraine

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I welcome the agreement reached between the government and the opposition in Ukraine.

Accord Reached In Ukraine

After the bloodiest week of the crisis in Ukraine, President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders signed a deal to bring resolve the political crisis that has plagued the country since late November.DOWNLOAD