War & Violence

Since the annexation of Crimea and outbreak of War in Ukraine in 2014, Ukraine was consumed by waves of fear and violence. The associated damaging consequences have generated anomalous issues, which we explore and discuss. In this space, we look more closely at the interrelation between war, violence and democracy. We reflect on the key barriers to Ukraine structural and societal transition towards a more democratic and prosperous state.

 

ARTICLE | UKRAINE, WESTERN DOVISHNESS AND RUSSIAN EXPANSIONISM

The rising accommodative narrative (very popular among some European business circles, armchair...
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20 January, 2018

ARTICLE | A CHANCE FOR PEACEKEEPERS IN EASTERN UKRAINE?

The revival of the idea of peacekeepers in Donbas demonstrates the desire of both Russia and Ukraine...
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19 December, 2017

OPINION | MY 3 TAKEAWAYS FROM “WAR AND DEMOCRACY IN UKRAINE: WHAT IS THE FUTURE?” PANEL BY UDI AND NED

On 28th August I attended one of the biggest panels on Ukraine at the European Forum Alpbach 2017...
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15 September, 2017

ARTICLE | DIVIDED BY CONFLICT LINE, UKRAINIAN FAMILIES STRUGGLE

As the devastating conflict in Ukraine enters its fourth year, crossing points between areas in the...
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12 September, 2017

ARTICLE | WHAT UKRAINE WON AND LOST AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

On Wednesday, April 19, the International Court of Justiceissued its first interim ruling in the...
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23 April, 2017

INTERVIEW | From Prolonged War to Navigating a New Donbas – interview with Ukrainian activist and ex-chief adviser to Minister of Defense Oleksandr Danylyuk

Despite Ukraine asserting its independence under fire, the past three years of hybrid warfare have...
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20 April, 2017

ARTICLE | A Century After the US Entered World War I, Modern-Day Trench Warfare Continues in Ukraine

Tanks, artillery, machine guns, snipers, land mines, and trenches—the type of warfare in Ukraine...
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06 April, 2017

ARTICLE | IT’S A LONELIER WORLD FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN

Russian rulers have long been content to accept fear and awe in lieu of respect and admiration, and...
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18 March, 2017

REPORT | UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OVERVIEW 2017

While absent from the international radar, the conflict in eastern Ukraine and its resulting...
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18 March, 2017

ARTICLE | BITTER HARVEST: LIGHT ON UKRAINIAN TRAGEDY

Finally the world will see this horrific historic tragedy that occurred in Ukraine missing in most...
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24 February, 2017

ARTICLE | A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON A NATION’S DREAM OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE NIGHTMARE VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS VISITED UPON IT

Ukrainian contemporary development with the eyes of Chrystia Freeland, a Canadian politician of...
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11 January, 2017

ARTICLE | THE ROAD FROM SADDAM HUSSEIN TO DONALD TRUMP

While the connection between the war to depose Saddam Hussein and the election of 2016 is indirect,...
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29 December, 2016