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What does the murder of Pavel Sheremet say about contemporary Ukraine?

(oDR) At a press conference in early June, president Petro Poroshenko sought to reassure the Ukrainian and foreign media: “I give you my personal guarantee: there are no threats to journalists…

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Black Sea Fleet projects power westwards

In April 2016, I published a short article in the Oxford Analytica Daily Brief discussing the role of Russia's Black Sea Fleet post-Crimea annexation. Here’s the text, as usual with…

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Volodymyr Kulyk Wins CIUS Award for Best Scholarly Publication in the Field of Ukrainian Studies

The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) awarded Volodymyr Kulyk "Best Article" for "Ukrainian nationalism since the outbreak of Euromaidan" (Ab Imperio, No. 3, 2014). The article traces the evolution…

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National Identity in Ukraine: Impact of Euromaidan and the War

(Routledge) This essay examines the impact of the Euromaidan protests and the subsequent Russian aggression on Ukrainian national identity. It demonstrates that national identity has become more salient vis-à-vis other territorial and…

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Russia and the West in the European Security Architecture: Clash of Interests or a Security Dilemma?

(Chapter from OSCE Yearbook 2015) Russia’s approach towards relations with Ukraine since early 2014 heralds a major shift in Russian foreign policy. It has crossed a Rubicon that it will be difficult –…

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US-Russian relations: The middle cannot hold

(Routledge) (Co-authored with J. Shapiro) The Obama administration has stated its intention to avoid a new Cold War, but it has also demonstrated little interest in addressing the core issue in…

Negotiation in a Stealth Conflict: The Pros and Cons of Plausible Deniability

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Compared to past conflicts between Russia and the West, the Ukraine conflict has been noted for the use of “stealth,” or covert, action. Parties to the conflict…

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Polio in Ukraine: Crisis, Challenge, and Opportunity

(CSIS) Two children contracted polio in western Ukraine, right at Europe’s doorstep, in August 2015. This outbreak and response laid bare the degree to which Ukraine’s immunization and overall health system…

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Petrov: They could try to swap Savchenko after giving her a tough sentence

(AFP) Donetsk (Russia) – Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrived in court Monday to hear the verdict in her high-profile murder trial in southern Russia, which Kiev and the West have slammed…

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Haran: To be like normal European countries, we need to demonstrate we live according to the law

(VOA) KYIV, UKRAINE—Ukraine’s war drags on and the country continues to suffer the worst crisis of its post-Soviet era, one that many Ukrainians say is a result of corruption that made…

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What does the murder of Pavel Sheremet say about contemporary Ukraine?

Black Sea Fleet projects power westwards

Volodymyr Kulyk Wins CIUS Award for Best Scholarly Publication in the Field of Ukrainian Studies

National Identity in Ukraine: Impact of Euromaidan and the War

Russia and the West in the European Security Architecture: Clash of Interests or a Security Dilemma?

US-Russian relations: The middle cannot hold

Negotiation in a Stealth Conflict: The Pros and Cons of Plausible Deniability

Polio in Ukraine: Crisis, Challenge, and Opportunity

Petrov: They could try to swap Savchenko after giving her a tough sentence

Haran: To be like normal European countries, we need to demonstrate we live according to the law