Section: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)
Ukrainian Society Ahead of the Elections
The continuing war in Ukraine plays an important role in shaping politics and public perceptions in the run-up to this year’s elections. It turns out that identity issues are much more nuanced than the campaign rhetoric suggests. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Assessing Ukrainian Grassroots Activism Five Years After Euromaidan
Pockets of energetic local Ukrainian activists are improving people’s lives and holding officials accountable, but foreign donors tend to overlook the important work they are doing. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine’s Joke of an Election
Ukrainians are deeply ambivalent about the 2019 presidential election. A widespread atmosphere of discontent has created an opening for an unlikely dark horse candidate: the comedian Vladimir Zelenskiy. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Crimea Annexation 2.0
Similar to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western powers have been confined to watching events from the sidelines without finding an effective response-so far. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Battleship: Russia vs. Ukraine
A naval skirmish between Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov further strains an already strung-out relationship. Ultimately, Moscow cannot afford to escalate the tensions-neither can Kyiv. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Bessarabia’s Hopes and Fears on Ukraine’s Edge
How Kiev manages the diverse region of Bessarabia will be closely watched elsewhere in Ukraine, where political trust in the central authorities is still low. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The End of the Annexation
The Kerch Bridge is the conclusion of Crimea’s incorporation into Russia, both physically and politically. Any haggling over on what terms Russia might return Crimea to Ukraine is now definitively null and void. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine Reform Monitor: March 2018
As 2019 elections approach, reforms in Ukraine have taken a back seat to electoral politics. A key question is whether the rival factions can compete peacefully and avoid destabilizing the country again. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Dynamism Hallmark of China-Russia Relations
China and Russia have been cooperating closely over the past three decades. But since the Ukraine crisis, the process has become more dynamic. Moscow and Beijing are now coordinating their policies on a wider range of issues. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Polish-Ukrainian Battle for the Past
A dispute about the different interpretations of their common past is poisoning relations between Poland and Ukraine in ways that benefit Russia. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
