The EU Stands Firm on Fundamental Rights

The EU and Ukrainian citizens have a shared interest in removing barriers in the field of free movement and trade, but the EU is not just a single market for capital, goods and services - it is a community of values too

How to Come Forward?

Democracy and the rule of law in post-Soviet Ukraine

Should the Volyn Crime Be Condemned?

Ukraine must have its own national history, not one dictated by Moscow. And the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is one of its elements.

Good News Is Not Enough

In the face of a deep economic crisis in Ukraine, the achievements in Vilnius will matter to all Ukrainians

Ukraine in the EU: Asset or Liability?

Ukraine's joining the EU would dramatically and irreversibly change the political landscape of Europe, end the division of Europe and close the saga of the Iron Curtain and the Cold War

Russia, a Soviet Slave

The 500-rouble Russian bill features a very nice and disdainful picture that shows the state’s heightened interest in the spiritual dimension of Russia’s life and history

Political Prisoners: Big and Small

Ukraine does have political prisoners. This fact is acknowledged by everyone today except for supporters of the Party of Regions, the Communists and the most inveterate ideologues of the "everyone-in-politics-is-bad" position.

Five Hundred Years after Machiavelli’s Prince: An Intellectual in Politics

Niccolò Machiavelli seems to have been one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood thinkers and writers in Europe.

The Lutsenko Pardon: Enough to Appease the EU?

A Lifeline for One of Britain's Oldest Overseas Territories