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

Ovations for Estonia’s Tax Legislation

On December 8, 1993, when the new Income Tax Act was passed, was the first time that a piece of legislation had drawn an ovation. On that day, Parliament laid the capstone on the entire process of tax reform, which signified the start of a brand-new period for Estonian tax policy

The Law and Reality

Georgian ex-Deputy Minister of Justice talks about the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code in Ukraine and Georgia’s criminal justice reform experience

Civilization of the Young

The brain drain process is a painful challenge to Lithuania, as the country is losing the best of its young people, would-be scholars, artists, business people, probably – even public figures, policy makers and statesmen as well.

Help Yourselves, and Europe Will Help You. Maybe…

Does Kyiv truly want to join both the EU and the Customs Union? If it is bluffing, then who is the true partner and who is the fake?