The danger of wanting to be boss

What to expect from “elections” in Donetsk and Luhansk

The chaos begins

What to expect in the new parliamentary season

Crimea agonistes

Why the question of Russia’s occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula remains, and will remain, open

New citizens

As the system of granting Ukrainian citizenship to foreigners remains obscure, it breeds fears and tensions that are especially dangerous for a country at war

A deaf defense

How Yanukovych’s lawyers are dragging out the trial

Multiple variables

UAH 6,659, 11,951 and 7,451, an equivalent of $256, 450 and 280 – this is how an average Ukrainian sees desired subsistence, average wage and pension across Ukraine, according to SOCIS, a sociology center. According to the State Statistics Bureau, the real numbers are UAH 1,777, 8,725 and 2,479 respectively, or around $68, 335 and 95.

In search of the national bourgeoisie

Can the middle class drive Ukraine's independence and development?

Freedom, not Free-for-all

How the myth that Ukrainians are inclined towards lawlessness is used against them and why a sense of responsibility to your own people is so important

Ukraine’s Status as a Non-Nuclear Weapon State: Past, Present and Future

From the Lisbon Protocol to the Budapest Memorandum. When, why and how the concept of Ukraine’s status as a non-nuclear weapon state was designed? Declaration of Ukraine’s status as a non-nuclear weapon state and strengthening of its independent statehood. Negotiations on the outline of Ukraine’s non-nuclear weapon state status under international law: process and outcome. The time of wasted opportunities. Budapest Memorandum: a historic mistake or inadequate actions by Ukraine’s government? Modern model to guarantee Ukraine’s security as a non-nuclear weapon state.

Georg Milbradt: “Decentralization changes how people think”

The Ukrainian Week spoke with Germany’s special envoy to Ukraine on reform in governance and decentralization, Georg Milbradt, about German government assistance in the implementation of reforms and about the successes and difficulties faced in this process.

Election Rules

Talk about electoral reform has come to the forefront yet again. Should any real action be expected in the near future?

Crisis of Representation

Why there is no party for the middle class in Ukraine and it is left to populists to express the interests of all social strata

The Corrosion of Information

The shadow of Kremlin’s prisoners over the 2018 World Cup

The art of the impossible

The opposition in Ukraine is mostly reactive and it chooses actions that will be most useful for criticizing the current Administration or gaining the attention of a specific part of the electorate. What Ukraine needs most right now is a consolidating program and a party that could present its own alternative for the country

Political free-for-all

The strange multiplication by division of political parties in Ukraine and their internecine infighting

Europe in weightlessness

Can the western democracy survive the populist offensive?

Shadow-boxing: Kramer vs Lutsenko

NYT’s Andrew Kramer claims that “Four cases involving Paul J. Manafort have been effectively frozen by Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. Ukrainian officials are wary of offending President Trump.” How true is this?

The B-Yu-T rides again

As other candidates fumble to establish a footing, Yulia Tymoshenko is busy mobilizing resources for a third presidential run

Three cards up the sleeve

What cyberthreats Ukraine is likely to face in 2019 elections, and what it is doing to prevent them

Deliberately undecided

Who wins the next election won’t be decided by the voters who are now supporting various parties and candidates but by those who will vacillate until the very last minute

Vote busters

What those in power and opposition are likely to do to improve their rates and mobilize the electorate

The spin-doctor headache

Undecided voters are a tasty morsel for parties that are not in the Verkhovna Rada, yet none of these parties has much of a chance of winning them over in significant numbers

The General vs the Admiral

Could Ukraine’s armed forces have prevailed in Crimea?

National security overhauled

What’s new for Ukraine’s defense and security institutions in the President’s national security draft law?

A process of no progress

An update from the occupied parts of the Donbas: monuments to Russian volunteers, shutdown of mobile connection, new arrests of ministers

The Central Electoral Commission conundrum

The shambolic renovation of the Central Electoral Commission, which has been in progress for several years now, looks about to be finally concluded. On Feb. 5, the President submitted a list of candidates to the Verkhovna Rada and this suggests that the process is finally being unblocked