Ukraine's United Future Depends on Leaving Donbas in Its Divided Past
Before Ukraine can disengage from the occupied Donbas, it has to know just what disengagement means. Consider disengagement's opposite—engagement. If we are engaged, we are psychologically concerned...
View ArticleWhen Downsizing is a Good Thing for a State
The following is and interview with Ian Lustick, a Professor of Political Science at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.MOTYL: Professor Lustick, let’s begin the conversation with your provocative theory of...
View ArticleThough Progress is Genuine, Reform Must Accelerate in Ukraine
The following is an interview with Myroslav Senyk, former head of the Lviv Province Council and current Vice Rector for Administration and Development of the Ukrainian Catholic University in...
View ArticleWar and Energy in Ukraine
The following is an interview with Margarita Balmaceda, Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. She is the author of The Politics of Energy Dependency: Ukraine,...
View ArticleCulture and Corruption in Ukraine
Peter Zalmayev is director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, member of the board of the NY Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, and international outreach coordinator for the Babyn Yar Project...
View ArticleUkraine is Winning on the Linguistic Battle Front
Many Ukrainians are persuaded that their language is dying out. Many Russians and Russian speakers believe Ukrainian is incapable of serving as a means of sophisticated communication among educated...
View ArticleKaraganov Shows Pathology of Putin’s Realism
Sometimes, Vladimir Putin snarls and reveals his true self to the world. More often than not, one of his minions shows his teeth. This time, it was Sergey Karaganov’s turn to terrify the world with a...
View Article25 Years of Ukraine’s Independence
Ukraine’s biggest achievement since independence in 1991 is to have confounded its critics, ill-wishers, and the Kremlin by surviving as a democratic state. Many expected Ukraine to be short-lived. And...
View ArticleKremlin Tightens Grip on Devastated Donbas
Mykhaylo Pashkov, co-director of the Foreign Policy and International Security Program of the highly respected Razumkov Center in Kyiv, has written an exceptionally timely, sober, and important report...
View ArticleTrivializing Genocide: A Dangerous Distraction
What do the Polish Sejm and the Donetsk People’s Republic have in common? They’ve both contributed to the ongoing transformation of genocide into a term that has come to stand for little more than...
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