Ukraine

Why Russia Is Unlikely to Use Zapad-2021 to Intervene Militarily in European Countries

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The last time Russia and Belarus teamed up to hold a large-scale strategic command-and-staff military exercise, a number of international media outlets pondered whether it might…

View

US-Ukraine relations under Joe Biden: security and domestic reforms as mutually reinforcing pillars

(ZLM) The recent visit of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Kyiv has generated some interest in Ukraine and beyond. This face-to-face meeting was a good opportunity for the…

View

Pawns, Partners, and “Smart Leadership”: Ukraine’s Opportunities in the China-Russia-West Triangle

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Ukraine can find advantage in geopolitical competition while reducing its sense of disempowerment. The increasingly three-sided competition for influence between China, Russia, and the West has…

View

Governance Trends: Embattled Judiciaries and Political Competition in Eurasia

Join us for a panel on governance trends in Eurasia featuring top experts from PONARS Eurasia. Featuring: Julie George (Queens College) Ivan Gomza (Kyiv School of Economics) Margarita Zavadskaya (European…

View

Economic Challenges Facing Russia and Eurasia

Join us for an upcoming PONARS Eurasia event discussing the current economic challenges facing Russia and Eurasia. Speakers: Tymofiy Mylovanov (Kyiv School of Economics) Maria Omelicheva (National War College, National…

View

Russians supported Putin’s moves in Crimea in 2014. Here’s what’s different in 2021

(Monkey Cage blog/Washington Post) Many analysts have worried in recent weeks about a large buildup of Russian military forces along the Ukrainian border. Russian troops have gathered in areas near the ongoing conflict in the Donbas, and some…

View

The Political Consequences of Public Relations Miscalculations: Will Ukraine’s Anti-corruption Bureau be Terminated?

The National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine, commonly known as NABU, offers an instructive case on good governance agencies’ challenges in post-Communist Eurasia. The frontline anti-corruption organization in Ukraine was established…

View

The Real and Projected Strategic Dimension of the Russian Black Sea Fleet

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since its annexation of Crimea, Russia has not deviated from its coercive military behavior, displaying its military might again and again. The substance of its military…

View

Dubovyk: Nobody on Biden’s shortlist for Secretary of State would have been bad news for Ukraine

(Atlantic Council blog) Volodymyr Dubovyk, Associate Professor, Odesa Mechnikov National University: Nobody on President-elect Joe Biden’s shortlist for Secretary of State would have been bad news for Ukraine, including Susan Rice, who wasn’t…

View

Fisun: After the local elections of 2020, twenty-five regional political regimes have emerged in Ukraine

(OpenDemocracy) On 25 October, Ukraine held local elections across the country, heralding the final stage of a much-lauded decentralisation of administrative power – and a serious loss for president Zelenskyi’s Servant…

Contacts

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Knowledge Hub

RECOMMENDED

How Russian Economic Policy is Made | PONARS Eurasia Online Academy

Authoritarian Rallying as Reputational Cascade? Evidence from Putin’s Popularity Surge after Crimea

Russia’s Military Interventions: Patterns, Drivers, and Signposts

When There Is a State? The Politics of Recognition and Kosovo

Latest parliamentary win by Putin’s United Russia has been years in the manufacturing

PONARS Eurasia Podcast

Why Russia Is Unlikely to Use Zapad-2021 to Intervene Militarily in European Countries

US-Ukraine relations under Joe Biden: security and domestic reforms as mutually reinforcing pillars

Pawns, Partners, and “Smart Leadership”: Ukraine’s Opportunities in the China-Russia-West Triangle

Governance Trends: Embattled Judiciaries and Political Competition in Eurasia

Economic Challenges Facing Russia and Eurasia

Russians supported Putin’s moves in Crimea in 2014. Here’s what’s different in 2021

The Political Consequences of Public Relations Miscalculations: Will Ukraine’s Anti-corruption Bureau be Terminated?

The Real and Projected Strategic Dimension of the Russian Black Sea Fleet

Dubovyk: Nobody on Biden’s shortlist for Secretary of State would have been bad news for Ukraine

Fisun: After the local elections of 2020, twenty-five regional political regimes have emerged in Ukraine