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Lucan Way: “Savchenko is one of the very few patriotic heroes to come out of an otherwise disastrous war with Russia”

(CBC) After nearly two years in a Russian prison Nadiya Savchenko can report from the belly of the beast. People listen to her, too. As one of Ukraine's first female military…

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Lucan Way: In authoritarian states, elections may not be rigged but powerful groups can influence the outcome

(TNS) Amongst political institutions, political parties occupy a pivotal position because of the crucial role that they play in formulating national policies, chalking out development plans and strategies. In fact,…

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Podcast: Lucan Way on “Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics”

University of Toronto Associate Professor of Political Science Lucan Way visited the University of Washington to give a public lecture on his new book, Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise…

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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…

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Lifting of Cuba sanctions implicitly endorses Levitsky and Way’s argument: “linkage” is more productive than “leverage”

(Monkey Cage) The hacking of Sony Pictures and the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris differ in obvious ways: One involved a state-directed cyberattack on a private corporation; the other…

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Highlights and interviews from the annual Danyliw Research Seminar on Ukraine

Leading scholars on contemporary Ukrainian issues, including PONARS Eurasia members Samuel Charap, Keith Darden, Dmitry Gorenburg, Serhiy Kudelia, Maria Popova, Oxana Shevel, and Lucan Way, gathered October 30-November 1 at…

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Putin’s Move: The Collapse of Ukraine’s Faustian Bargain

(The Walrus) As this magazine hits the stands, hundreds of Canadian monitors will be returning from Ukraine, after observing the May 25 presidential election. While we do not yet know…

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Lucan Way: Putin has created a Frankenstein

(The New York Times)—Oxana Shevel: The Ukrainian government's ability to retake the airport doesn’t dramatically change things—DONETSK, Ukraine: The new Ukrainian government struck the separatists in this eastern province with…

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Why Ukraine’s Yanukovych Fell… Though Many Predicted He Wouldn’t

This weekend marked the remarkable downfall of Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych at the hands of protesters in Kiev. It was an outcome that almost no one predicted when demonstrations began…

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Who are the Protesters in Ukraine?

(Co-authored with Lucan Way) For over two months, anti-government protesters have camped out in the center of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Coverage in the media has presented vastly different…

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Lucan Way: “Savchenko is one of the very few patriotic heroes to come out of an otherwise disastrous war with Russia”

Lucan Way: In authoritarian states, elections may not be rigged but powerful groups can influence the outcome

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Way, Churikova, Kuzio: Goodbye Lenin? Ukraine struggles with its past (PODCAST)

Lifting of Cuba sanctions implicitly endorses Levitsky and Way’s argument: “linkage” is more productive than “leverage”

Highlights and interviews from the annual Danyliw Research Seminar on Ukraine

Putin’s Move: The Collapse of Ukraine’s Faustian Bargain

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