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Decommunization in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine: Law and Practice

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Ukraine’s infamous decommunization legislation, enacted in May 2015, may be less divisive than it initially appeared. The laws ban positive public expression toward the Soviet past…

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Russian Strategy Seeks to Defy Economic Decline With Military Bravado

(EDM) President Vladimir Putin concluded 2015 with the approval of a revised National Security Strategy, which defines the strengthening of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a threat and commits…

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Reforming Ukraine: Policymaking After the Euromaidan

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Ukraine’s reform process since the Euromaidan is a story of ambivalence. Progress has been limited by leaders who fear losing political control and by entrenched institutional…

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Tenth Time’s a Charm? IMF Loans and Conditionality in Ukraine

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) With or without Russian intervention, Ukraine was going to face a difficult road after the Euromaidan revolution. Strikingly, much of the current Western economic aid and…

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…

How to Effectively Fight Corruption in Ukraine: Coalitions of the Like-Minded Can Degrade Entrenched Interests

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Nearly two years after the Euromaidan protests chased Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from power, corruption remains among the top internal problems hindering the country’s development. Although the…

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Russia Under President Vladimir Putin (Event Video)

(C-Span) Nikolay Petrov and Brian Taylor talked about the domestic politics, economy, and foreign policy of Russia under President Vladimir Putin. Other topics included Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Russian…

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The Ghost of Hybrid War

(IISS) Following Moscow's invasion of Crimea and support for the insurgency in eastern Ukraine, the concept of 'hybrid war' has emerged as a catch-all description for the new Russian threat…

“Hybrid” vs. “Compound” War: Lessons From The Ukraine Conflict

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Soon after the outbreak of open conflict in Ukraine, it became fashionable to interpret the conflict as a kind of “hybrid warfare.”[1] However, the military and…

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Moshes: Ukraine-related issues make any Syria-related deal between Russia and the West hard to nail down

(Global Post) MUNICH, Germany—When it comes to diplomacy, bickering usually seems like what Russia and the West do best. But the recent Paris attacks and Russian jet crash may actually forge…

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Decommunization in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine: Law and Practice

Russian Strategy Seeks to Defy Economic Decline With Military Bravado

Reforming Ukraine: Policymaking After the Euromaidan

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Moshes: Ukraine-related issues make any Syria-related deal between Russia and the West hard to nail down