Ishchenko: Belarus’s mono-industrial town setup brings together the problems of the community and the workshop

(Jacobin) Since Belarus’s disputed election, both President Alexander Lukashenko and the liberal opposition have recognized the importance of strike actions in deciding what happens next. But while there have been…

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Insufficiently diverse: The problem of nonviolent leverage and radicalization of Ukraine’s Maidan uprising, 2013–2014

(Journal of Eurasian Studies) Abstract: The article explains the violent radicalization of the initially peaceful Maidan uprising in January 2014 as the result of failure to build efficient leverage against Viktor Yanukovych…

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Exclusiveness of civic nationalism: Euromaidan eventful nationalism in Ukraine

(Post-Soviet Affairs) Abstract: Based on a case study of Euromaidan Ukrainian nationalism, we argue that civic nationalism may derive more from a commitment to a particular political event than from a set…

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Ishchenko: The positive side of Zelensky is that he has offset the political contradictions between pro-Russian and pro-Europe

(FP) Ukraine—“Things here often start with great hopes and end in great disappointments. But this time, I get the impression things could change,” said Nikolai Savitsky, a 54-year-old businessman, outside a…

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Ishchenko: Poroshenko’s strategy will be to “lose at least with some decent score”

(Foreign Policy) On Sunday night, it became clear that Petro Poroshenko may not be Ukraine’s president for much longer. Judging from the increasingly desperate and over-the-top rhetoric, he and his supporters…

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A comedian could be Ukraine’s next president. How did that happen?

(The Guardian) A politically inexperienced comedian, Volodymyr Zelenski is in the lead after the first round of presidential elections in Ukraine – and by a huge margin. He is almost 15…

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Ukraine: An Election for the Oligarchs

(Rosalux) Loren Balhorn (LB): Ukraine is scheduled to hold presidential elections at the end of the month, preceding elections to the national parliament, or “Verkhovna Rada,” later this year. Is there anything…

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Ukraine on the Brink | An Interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko

(Jacobinmag) When the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, its former republics’ economies went into free fall. Ukraine — the most populous of the new states, after Russia — was…

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Nationalist Radicalization Trends in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine

(PONARS Policy Memo) Ukraine today faces a vicious circle of nationalist radicalization involving mutual reinforcement between far-right groups and the dominant oligarchic pyramids. This has significantly contributed to a post-Euromaidan domestic…

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