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Sergiy Kudelia

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Associate Professor of Political Science
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Baylor University
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Ukraine, Institutions, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Political Science, Historical Institutionalism, Post-Socialist Societies
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  • April 4, 2022
  • Sergiy Kudelia
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In his speech declaring the launch of the so-called “limited military operation,” President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia had no plans to occupy Ukraine: “We are…
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The Current Tensions Around Donbas

  • April 28, 2021
  • Georgi Derluguian, Olexiy Haran, Petro Burkovskyi, Sergiy Kudelia and Mariya Omelicheva
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) What are the different actors’ perspectives on the increased tensions? What does the revival of tensions—and their apparent current decrease—tell us about the state of security? Georgi Derluguian…
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Veto on Peace/Veto on War: President Zelensky’s Donbas Imbroglio

  • April 3, 2020
  • Sergiy Kudelia
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The sweeping victory of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who ran on the promise of peace, heightened public expectations about a swift end to the armed conflict in Donbas.…
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Rally around “Ze!” Flag: Ballots as Pitchforks in Ukraine’s Parliamentary Race

  • August 8, 2019
  • Sergiy Kudelia
(Point & Counterpoint) The Parliamentary election in Ukraine brought resounding victory to the Servant of the People (SoP) party put together around the newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Analyzed here are…
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Rally around “Ze!” Flag: Ballots as Pitchforks in Ukraine’s Parliamentary Race

  • August 8, 2019
  • Sergiy Kudelia
The Parliamentary election in Ukraine brought resounding victory to the Servant of the People (SoP) party put together around the newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Sergiy Kudelia analyzes the results of the parliamentary election and the risks associated with the sudden dominance of the pro-presidential party.  
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Will Ukraine’s Fractured Electorate Create Another Power Turnover?

  • April 8, 2019
  • Sergiy Kudelia
(PONARS Eurasia) The first round of the presidential election in Ukraine on March 31 produced two frontrunners who will face each other in the run-off on April 21: challenger Volodymyr Zelensky (30.24…
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Ukraine’s 2019 Election: the End of Ideology and the Last Comedian

  • March 21, 2019
  • Sergiy Kudelia
(Point & Counterpoint) The frontrunner in the Ukrainian presidential campaign is someone who has never held a government position and has no record of political or civic activism. Rather, Volodymyr Zelenskiy…
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Ukraine’s 2019 Election: the End of Ideology and the Last Comedian

  • March 20, 2019
  • Sergiy Kudelia
The frontrunner in the Ukrainian presidential campaign is someone who has never held a government position and has no record of political or civic activism. Rather, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has risen to prominence by ridiculing on stage the very politicians he is now running against. Zelenskiy’s popularity ultimately rests on supra-rational faith in him as a new type of post-ideological leader without any specific ideational or programmatic appeal. But he is still not a likely winner: access to the Ukrainian political arena is highly restricted and remains off limits for those without elite connections.
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Martial Law and Presidential Powers in Ukraine

  • December 13, 2018
  • Sergiy Kudelia
(Presidential Power) Since November 28, 2018 ten oblasts (provinces) in Ukraine have been operating under the provisions of the ‘martial law.’ President Petro Poroshenko introduced it in response to violent seizure…
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Ukraine’s Emerging Security State (Kudelia); Stalled Social Mobility in Russia (Gerber)

  • October 2, 2018
  • Sergiy Kudelia
Ukraine’s Emerging Security State by Sergiy Kudelia “This article reviews President Poroshenko’s first term in office and argues that he failed in his attempt to balance the imperatives of power consolidation…
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