The Ukrainian Resistance Movement in the Occupied Territories

Initial studies of Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s full-scale invasion focused either on non-violent protest activity or unconventional warfare. Such one-faceted studies allow for detailed subject analysis but prevent constructing a full picture of the…

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Why Authoritarianism Has Weak Chances in Ukraine

As the March 31 Ukrainian presidential elections approach, warfare continues in the east, and national reforms falter, analysts warn about the resurgence of old– and the emergence of new–authoritarian threats…

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Finding the balance: Should Ukraine change its system of government?

(VOX Ukraine) Political scientists answer the fundamental question of whether Ukraine should change its system of government and shift the balance of power between the executive and the legislature. Over the past…

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Revolution without regime change: The evidence from the post-Euromaidan Ukraine

(Communist and Post-Communist Studies) Abstract: What effects does a revolution have on the stability or change of a hybrid regime? Has the Ukraine’s regime changed since the 2014 revolution? To answer these questions I…

Ukraine’s Regime Is Less Stable than It Was under Yanukovych: A Third Year Comparison

(PONARS Policy Memo) Unfinished reforms, growing social discontent, and ongoing war with Russia deeply destabilize Ukraine. Under such strained conditions, what are the chances of Ukraine’s current government, and specifically the…

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Old Political Habits Die Hard in Ukraine

(PONARS Policy Memo) Since Ukraine’s independence, no government in Kyiv has ever completely become authoritarian or democratic. While many states in the region have been seized by authoritarianism, Ukraine has been…

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How Changing Ukrainian Society Impacts the Chances for Peace | Dubovyk, Kudelia, Matsiyevsky (Part 2 of 2)

Last month a major battle broke out between Russian-backed insurgents and Ukrainian forces in the town of Avdiivka in Ukraine. Alongside the return of such violence in the Donbas, Ukrainian…

Breaking Out of an Institutional Trap: Ukraine’s Survival and the Role of the West

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Strained by the Euromaidan revolution and Russian reaction, Ukraine’s ineffective institutions have brought the country to a state of near systemic collapse. To develop more capable…

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Six Reasons Why Russia Should be Recognized as a Party to the Conflict in Ukraine

(Wilson Center) The fluctuating intensity of warfare in the Donbas region should be seen neither as a step toward freezing the conflict nor toward achieving a lasting peace. While Russia…

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Expected and Unexpected Revelations of the New Ukrainian Parliament

Last week’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine had two major goals, one public and one private. Publicly, the elections sought to renew the legislature from the remnants of the Yanukovych era,…

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