Establishing the Rule of Law in Ukraine: Building a Modern Society

A Speech by U.S. Ambassador John F. Tefft to the Students of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy School of Law on April 19, 2012

Why Ukrainian-Language Dubbing Rubs the Authorities the Wrong Way

It can be argued that Ukrainian-dubbed foreign films and series have done much more to Ukrainise young people than didactic and patriotic admonitions to love the beautiful Ukrainian language.

The Weakest Link

Relations between men and women in Ukraine, their rights and social roles, are something you can keep away from as long as you are not involved in a personal conflict.

Euro 2012. The Death Match

The victims of the “football-minded government” are not only coalminers in Donetsk but also children in Galicia

Everyone Is Guilty in Oksana Makar’s Death

We can reassure ourselves that both the crime committed against Oksana Makar and her eventual death struck like lightning out of the blue sky. It was an unexpected natural cataclysm that could not possibly been foreseen or prevented. There is a great temptation in this horrible story to pin all the blame on the three young men that committed the crime. But in fact, the indifference and conformism of each one of us are the true root of problem that resulted in the rape and death of the girl.

Help Yourselves

Democratic changes in Ukraine will be carried out by civil society, not by political elites who have proved their inability and ineptness

Not to Turn into Fodder

Interpreted, a public office means nothing but “feeding” instead of “governance.”

A Fair Election… But Are the “Rules of the Game” Fair?

The forthcoming election could be a small step forward, if opposition forces cooperate with the same goals this time around

Minorities: The Precious Voices of Baltic Multiculturalism

Lithuania was and continues to be unimaginable without its historically formed minorities and its precious voices.

Caution as the Best Recipe For Hard Reforms?

Being small offers both negative and positive opportunities in international politics.