This article will be published in the December 28 issue of The Weekly Standard.It’s said that hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. At first blush, that’s Ukraine. On a recent visit to Kiev, we heard account after account of the problems facing Ukraine, the two most serious being corruption and the ongoing conflict with Russia. Two doozies, to be sure.Corruption is ubiquitous. Famously, Ukrainian oligarchs have stolen massive amounts of the country’s wealth and used that wealth to control Ukraine’s political order. But corruption is pervasive in daily life as well. It’s not uncommon for university students …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research