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ARTICLE | The Strange Unreality of Life During Eastern Ukraine’s Forgotten War
It has been more than four years since the war in Ukraine began, and nothing spectacular is happening anymore. The frontline is static and life around it is pretty normal—or so it seems. People in conflict zones get used to danger.
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VIDEO | Is Donbas really a ‘Russian’ place in Ukraine?
Russian state propaganda wants you to believe that the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas is populated by ethnic Russians and is culturally and historically closer to Russia than Ukraine. This false narrative is a key factor in the war in the eastern Ukraine, where Russia and its proxies fight against Ukrainian government forces, pretending they… Read more »
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ARTICLE | Throughout emerging Europe, civil society is more important than ever
Now the civil society, as far as it will be willing to enter politics at all, will fight the majority and will be forced to admit itself to be what it has been for a long time, i.e. the minority. This is a new and unusual situation.
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ARTICLE | A quarter-century of independent Ukraine. Dimensions of transformation
The article was originally published at Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich. On 24 August 1991, the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR proclaimed independence, and on 1 December the same year, the Ukrainian people ratified that proclamation in a referendum. The new Ukrainian state had some very important assets, such as the peaceful path that led to… Read more »
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NEWS| Ukraine mid-term report 2016-2018 (Year 1) | Open Government Partnership
UDI Associate Dmytro Khutkyy has published its year-long OGP mid-term report. It presents the assessment of 13 government commitments on access to information, public accountability, civic participation, tech & innovation between December 2016-September 2017 in Ukraine. Here you can download the report.
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ARTICLE | Ukraine’s ‘European Rampart’ Risks Getting Lost In The Trenches
The war in eastern Ukraine is in its fifth year, with no end in sight. More than 10,000 people have been killed and a peace deal known as the Minsk II accord has failed to stick.
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VIDEO | Interview with vice-speaker of Verkhovna Rada Oksana Syroyid
Here vice-speaker of Verkhovna Rada is telling her experience of being a first woman on this position. She is sharing her ideas about Ukrainian attitude towards powerful women and advising how to reach social acceptance of female politicians in her country.
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ARTICLE | Honest History: Saying ‘the Ukraine’ is more than a mistake
In the case of Ukraine, a unitary state, using ‘the’ is inappropriate and incorrect. The continued use of the definite article in front of the name of an independent state — Ukraine — is therefore an indirect (although often unintentional) denial of statehood.
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VIDEO | Interview with MEP Rebecca Harms about women in politics
EU-Ukraine Women in Politics (Alina Nychyk and Marta Barandiy) are speaking with Member of the European Parliament – Rebecca Harms. The conversation goes around women in politics in the European Union and Ukraine. Rebecca Harms is expressing important ideas how to change the perception of Ukrainian society towards female politicians.
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ARTICLE | Ukraine’s G7 allies seeking to strike the right balance between constructive criticism and steadfast support
The G7 Support Group is a unique initiative that reflects Ukraine’s strategic importance to the Western world – but is it an effective tool to support reforms?
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ARTICLE | DISCOURSES OF PEACEKEEPING IN UKRAINE
Ukrainian inner discourses are permanently compromised because most of them are produced by the Russian Federation. The idea of a peacekeeping force by itself exists as if without an alternative, and now there is a discussion about the mandate, number and national composition of peacekeeping troops. But in reality there is no consensus on the… Read more »
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ARTICLE | How to Make Sense of Japan’s Delicate Balance Between Russia and Ukraine
Showing solidarity with other G7 countries following Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine, Japan imposed sanctions on Russia—albeit reluctantly. The Ukraine crisis occurred amid Japan’s efforts to reinvigorate Japan-Russia relations in the hope of solving the long-standing territorial dispute over the Northern territories (the Kuril Islands in Russian).
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