Talks between US and Russian officials get underway in Geneva this week following concerns about a potential military escalation of Ukraine by Russian forces, notes the Center for European Policy… Read more »
If #Ukraine were to become a thriving #democracy, it would stand as a rebuke to Putin’s claim that Western values are unworkable in Orthodox, Slavic Russia. https://t.co/2LlqadEYdm — Democracy Digest… Read more »
Perhaps the most tragic aspect of the seemingly unending Donbas dispute is that, while it may be one of the most dangerous crises in the world today, it is also… Read more »
Ukraine’s democratic consolidation and reform agenda require “constructive cooperation and dialogue between government and civil society,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told an online forum organized by the Reanimation Package… Read more »
Ukraine’s oligarchic forces continue to push back against the reform efforts that have dominated the political agenda since 2014, notes Serhiy Verlanov, the former Head of Ukraine’s State Tax Service…. Read more »
In 2014 Ukrainians got so fed up with the grotesque corruption of their political class that they staged a revolution, The Economist reports. Since then, reformers have been trying to… Read more »
Since Ukraine first gained independence in 1991, historical memory and national identity have been a point of contention and subject for manipulation, the Atlantic Council reports. Thanks in good part… Read more »
Fighting False News in Ukraine, Facebook Fact Checkers Tread a Blurry Line https://t.co/ICn1v0TtdK — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 27, 2020 To understand the complexity of policing online disinformation, consider the… Read more »
Vitaliy Shabunin, the head of Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), reported the attack after his family home was set on fire on Wednesday evening. While the investigation is ongoing, witnesses… Read more »
Ukraine is a front-line state in the struggle between European rule-based order and Russian kleptocratic autocracy. Since the Euromaidan Revolution in 2013–14, Russia has deployed a range of measures –… Read more »