Ukraine: Balancing Russia, the West and Democracy

Perhaps the biggest foreign policy challenge that has faced Ukraine’s leadership since the country regained independence in 1991 has been finding a balance between its relations with Russia and its relations with the West

Tender Thugs

Those in power can easily prove the legality of any scam

Oligarchy American Style

Inequality is back in the news, largely thanks to Occupy Wall Street, but with an assist from the Congressional Budget Office. And you know what that means: It’s time to roll out the obfuscators!

Painful Memory

The Bolshevik execution of 359 fighters who participated in the UNR’s Second Winter Campaign immortalized the area which is now quietly dying

"Welcome in Ukraine"?

Money spent on promotional videos will be wasted if the country fails to shed its Soviet attributes

The Kireyev Syndrome

The inability to hear other people is a serious psychic malfunction and a mental disease. However, this incapacity is selective and asymmetrical: words that come down from higher-ups are given due attention.

Opportunists

Ukraine does not have any other elites except these – the corrupt, opportunistic, demagogic elites that only care about the real future of a coterie of companions rather than that of the country at large

Crisis of Vision

Even top government officials acknowledge the low quality of public administration in Ukraine. Their confessions are comically tragic

Global responsibility: Durban must deliver the roadmap to a global climate agreement

Without China and developing countries, the planet cannot fight climate change

Slow and Quick Changes

Given a realistic chance to sign and ratify an association agreement with the EU, the current political elite in Ukraine has decided to get revenge on their political opponents like in a banana republic