Section: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA)
Ukrainian Literature Series: “Decomposition” with Ukrainian Poet Lyuba Yakimchuk
Cosponsored by the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
America’s Russia Policy Has Failed
By any number of measures, Washington’s Russia policy has failed. While ostensibly suffering from diplomatic and economic isolation under a U.S.-led international sanctions regime, Moscow has succeeded in challenging a wide range of American interests, most notably in Ukraine, Syria, and cyberspace. Coming up with a new approach on Russia...
The New Internal Forces Driving Reforms in Ukraine
Ukrainian Minister of Finance Oleksandr Danyliuk will discuss how recent reform initiatives in Ukraine look from the inside and the role international partners play in pushing reforms forward. Mr. Danyliuk will outline what to expect in the coming months as well as the longer-term Ukrainian strategic agenda, highlighting how budget reform could...
Babi Yar at 75: Filling in the Blanks in Ukrainian History
Long before Auschwitz, long before Treblinka and Sobibor, there was Babi Yar—the sprawling ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv where the Nazis, with support from the locals, murdered 33,771 Jews in a two-day killing spree on September 29 and 30, 1941. The Holocaust as the “final solution” began here, in Ukraine and other Soviet territories....
Babi Yar at 75: Filling in the Blanks
Long before Auschwitz, long before Treblinka and Sobibor, there was Babi Yar—the sprawling ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv where the Nazis, with support from the locals, murdered 33,771 Jews in a two-day killing spree on September 29 and 30, 1941. The Holocaust as the “final solution” began here, in Ukraine and other Soviet territories....
The Geo-economic Challenges of the Eurasian Space
The crisis in Ukraine has focused attention on military power as the main driver of events in the region. Yet, a number of geo-economic projects—proposed new pipelines and transport corridors—have the potential to dramatically reshape the politics and balances of the Eurasian space. What opportunities do they present, and how do the current...
2014 Ratiu Award Winner Profiled in the New Yorker
Winner of the 2014 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, Mustafa Nayyem, is profiled in the September 5, 2016 issue of The New Yorker in an article about his transition from journalism to politics in Ukraine. Nayyem is credited for having made the social media post that helped spur thousands of protestors to gather in Maidan Square. …read more Source:...
Putin’s ever-shrinking circle shows a return to Soviet politics
Russia’s search for greater international influence and respect continued its downward spiral this summer. Its Olympic experience was spoiled by charges of doping. Accusations of hacking dragged it into the U.S. presidential campaign, and military tensions over Ukraine and Syria showed no sign of abetting. …read more Source: Woodrow...
A Problem of Perception: How to Promote a Modern Ukraine
Art-project “Depersonalization”. Kiev, Ukraine. Photo by Ruslan Kapral, some rights reserved. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
In DNC’s Russia Controversy, Finger-pointing Trumps Analysis
As part of its “mainstreaming Russia expertise” project, the Kennan Institute sent experts on Russia to the 2016 Republican and Democratic presidential nominating conventions to assess the potential new administrations’ vision for their relationship with Russia and Ukraine. E. Wayne Merry is a Senior Fellow for Europe and Eurasia at the...
