Aborted Offensive in Donbas on Eve of G7 Summit
(EDM) It was hardly surprising that the fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was broken last week by an exchange of artillery and tank fire after weeks of deployment of Russian troops…
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The Kremlin Grows Nervous About the Future—and With Good Reason
(EDM) It is still difficult to figure out what sorts of conclusions President Vladimir Putin drew from the long meeting he held with US Secretary of State John Kerry two…
Russians see Ukraine as an illegitimate state
(Monkey Cage/WP) (Co-authored with Mikhail Alexseev) Why have so many Russian citizens seemingly been so cavalier about the dismemberment of Ukraine, a sovereign state that majorities of Russia’s population had long viewed…
Charap: Direct US-Russia diplomatic engagement at a senior level had been the missing piece regarding Ukraine
(FT) The US has started muscling in on the shaky European-brokered peace process in Ukraine as the EU approaches a deadline next month for the extension of its sanctions against Russia over Moscow’s…
Sushko: Ukraine shouldn’t “cherish illusions”
(Kyiv Post) A week before Eastern Partnership summit in Latvia, European Union leaders remain critical of Ukraine’s slow progress. The Eastern Partnership summit on May 21-22 in Riga will gather representatives…
How to understand the post-Soviet ‘war of lapels’
(Monkey Cage/WP) (Co-authored with Sean Roberts) A “War of Lapels” is raging as many people in the post-Soviet space must make political choices about what to wear on their jackets on…
Kyiv Symposium: “Ukraine: Escape from Post-Soviet Legacy?”
(VoxUkraine) PONARS Eurasia members took part in the April 24 – 26 Kyiv symposium “Ukraine – Escaping from its Post-Soviet Legacy.” Session topics were: Political Economy after Euromaidan: New Perspective Risk Attitudes…
Way, Churikova, Kuzio: Goodbye Lenin? Ukraine struggles with its past (PODCAST)
(RFE/RL) When Ukrainians began toppling statues of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin at the height of the Euromaidan revolution, it seemed almost retro. As if we had gone back in time to…
The Faltering Russian Economy Makes a Renewed Ukraine Offensive More Likely
(EDM) “Boring” is perhaps the prevalent impression of President Vladimir Putin’s televised four-hour-long Q & A session that aired last Thursday (April 16), which was meant to demonstrate his good health…
Petrov: The Kremlin he wanted a blocking stake in Ukraine or a manageable conflict
(AFP) – A year since the start of the fighting in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin may not have emerged the winner in his showdown with the West but he has…