When Ukrainians speak of their yearning to join the European Union, what is their innate understanding of the west or “western values”? Such questions are assuming greater importance as Ukraine’s presidential election approaches in March. Though western leaders may have thought Kyiv was on track to embrace social tolerance and […]
Champion of the underdog or pseudo-populist? Ukrainian patriot or kowtowing to Russian interests? Inheritor of Maidan’s legacy or channeling the oligarchs? Love or hate her, Yulia Tymoshenko is one of the most controversial figures on Ukraine’s political scene and this grande dame will no doubt play a key role in […]
As Ukraine ramps up for its upcoming March, 2019 presidential election, what’s the political mood in Kyiv? In the midst of escalating tensions with Russia in the Azov Sea, which has even prompted president Petro Poroshenko to declare martial law, what are the chances that the West has Ukraine’s back? […]
