Section: European Council on Foreign Relations (UK)
Five lessons from the local elections in Ukraine
What do Ukraine’s local elections tell us about the country’s political future? …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Belarus votes – and this time it matters
Ukraine, economics and diminishing Russian subsidies cast a long shadow over elections in “Europe’s last dictatorship”. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Local elections in Donbas risk scuttling the Minsk agreement
Will free and fair elections take place in eastern Ukraine, with Russian proxies threatening to host rival polls? …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Ukraine’s hot political autumn
Monday’s violent protest outside the parliament and the departure from the coalition of the Radical Party have kicked off Ukraine’s hot political autumn. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
EU needs to step up its game in Ukraine
The EU should engage with Moscow – as many member states do – but remain firm on its principles. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
In the shadow of Ukraine: seven years on from Russian-Georgian war
Seven years ago, in the night of 7th to the 8th August 2008, skirmishes along the lines of separation in Georgia escalated to full war. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Is Europe losing Ukraine?
As Germany’s politicians return to their constituencies, a summer of resentment against Europe is brewing in Ukraine …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
The State of the War
The situation for civilians in Eastern Ukraine is dire …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Weak government, strong society
In post-Maidan Ukraine, failing governmental action is substituted by voluntary work. While the Ukrainian state is failing in many aspects, Ukrainian society is very strong. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Kyiv and the regions
Ukraine has been an over-centralised state since its independence from the Soviet Union, but now the notion of “decentralisation” has taken hold in even tiny villages. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
