Section: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA)
Kennan Cable No.15: Ukraine: What’s a Language For?
In the current conflict in Ukraine, one of Russia’s most effective propaganda weapons is its ability to fuel the fear in Ukraine’s eastern regions that the new government in Kyiv will enact laws against use of the Russian language and repress speakers of Russian. In 2014, in the aftermath of Euromaidan, the Ukrainian parliament, the...
Reforming Ukraine: A Progress Report with Dmytro Shymkiv
Ukraine’s government and civil society are in the midst of an ambitious reform effort. The countries lead reformer, Dmytro Shymkiv, provides a progress report in this edition of Wilson Center NOW. Guest …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Two Faces of Russia’s Foreign Policy
To receive an email when a new post becomes available, please subscribe here. Originally many in the West tended to view Russia’s Syrian adventure as yet another one of “Moscow’s gambits.” Commentators described Ukraine and Syria in the same breath. But Russia is eager to demonstrate that the two projects could hardly be more...
The Future of Reform in Ukraine
Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, will discuss the future of reform in Ukraine, including the country’s efforts to protect intellectual property rights and other business-related developments. Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Ukrainian Nuclear History Fellowship
The Odessa Center for Nonproliferation (OdCNP), a partner of the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project, invites applications for a fellowship hosted in Odessa, Ukraine. The Fellowship is an opportunity for scholars and researchers to conduct research on themes pertaining to the nuclear history of Ukraine. This fellowship is...
Estonia’s Virtual “Russian World”
Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine raise difficult questions for Estonia, where nearly one quarter of the population is Russian-speaking. Could Russia’s state media succeed in inciting wide-spread civil disturbances among those Russian-speakers? Jill Dougherty and Riina Kaljurand spent two months interviewing...
Kennan Cable No.14: Breaking the Ukrainian Procuracy
Securing the gains of revolution is often more difficult than the act of insurrection itself. The 2014 Maidan uprising has proven to be no exception to this rule, and despite notable achievements over the past two years, a growing consensus now exists that the reform process has hit a considerable, and potentially fatal roadblock: the...
Stand Up for Georgia
With a new prime minister in former foreign and economics minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Georgia has an opportunity to reinvigorate its democracy and economy. But two main challenges lie ahead for him: organizing free and fair parliamentary elections next October while reviving the fortunes of his Georgian Dream coalition, and stimulating the...
Kennan Cable No.13: What Ukraine Can Learn from Other Countries’ Experiences with PTSD
Ukrainian soldiers walk outside a hospital in Artemivsk, February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Despite continuing reports of sporadic shelling in eastern Ukraine and breaches of the Minsk agreement, there is hope that the heavy fighting may be drawing to a close. But the human toll of the war will continue to be felt in Ukraine for a long time...
Song of Ukraine: Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Lead Singer of Okean Elzy, Shares His Vision for the Future
It’s not unusual to describe a prominent political figure as a figurative “rock star.” Well in the case of social activist, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, lead vocalist for Okean Elzy (the most successful post-Soviet rock band in Ukraine), it happens to be literally true. The rock icon is also a well-known advocate of Ukrainian national identity and...
