Items tagged with: Revolution of Dignity

Ukraine’s undeniable post-Maidan progress since 2014 cannot mask the growing sense of frustration felt throughout the country

Vitaly Sych first made his name in the 2000s as the long-serving editor of Ukraine’s top current affairs weekly, but he cemented his reputation by resigning rather than bowing to Yanukovych era censorship. He is now back at the helm of a new...

Australian Pete Shmigel argues that the suppressed traumas of distant and recent history continue to shape Ukrainian society negatively and are as big an obstacle to progress as more commonly discussed problems like corruption and the ongoing...

Ambitious project looks to use experience of young Ukrainians as model for greater community responsibility

Ukraine’s modest reform progress since the 2014 Revolution of Dignity is under direct threat with anti-corruption efforts facing increasingly open political opposition and institutional resistance

Defecting from the "Russian World": New nationwide survey demonstrates how emerging generation of Ukrainians embrace European integration and see Russia as aggressor while blaming Kremlin for war

Greater grassroots democracy in the Ukrainian capital can provide the necessary momentum for a sustainable transformation from the post-Soviet period to a more recognizably European model of governance

Ukraine is the frontline nation in a struggle for political domination between Russia and the West that stretches across the Eurasian landmass

Banker Sergii Gorbachevsky believes Ukraine must reduce oligarch influence if the country is to reach its economic potential

Brussels continues to support Kyiv’s ambitious integration agenda but frustration is clearly mounting over Ukraine’s inability to deliver on political promises

Can Oleksandr Senkevych live up to his election promise of a fresh start for the south Ukrainian port city?

Authors of comic book blockbuster seek to bring epic events of 1917 Ukrainian Revolution to post-Maidan audiences

Victor Liakh of the East Europe Foundation explains how greater transparency can play a key role as Ukrainian society seeks to move decisively beyond the post-Soviet era and embrace greater EU integration

Russia’s imperial ambitions came undone because Vladimir Putin fatally underestimated the strength of Ukrainian national spirit

Did Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity succeed in making national identity more ethnically inclusive?

Mounting post-Maidan frustration with country’s political leadership has resulted in near historic low approval ratings

Ukraine’s 2013-14 popular uprising has become synonymous with the European Union Association Agreement that helped spark initial protests – but the demands voiced by millions of Ukrainians focused on basic human rights not EU integration

Ukrainians remain deeply cynical about the post-Maidan reform process but local success stories offer an opportunity to produce practical results and challenge an institutionalized culture of corruption