How to prepare delicious Ukrainian Borsch? Elane Wells Modern Tokyo Times The name Borsch (Borscht) in the ancient Slavic language means “red”. It also derives from the Slavic word “burak”, which stands for beetroot plant. Beetroot is one of the main ingredients of Borsch. It is also how Borsch turns red in color. History Borsch [...]
Ukraine’s International Isolation Grows Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 4 By: Taras Kuzio The Jamestown Foundation The EU’s refusal to initial the Association Agreement (which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement) at the December 19, 2011, EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv was a geopolitical setback. Initialing is a technical stage meaning that [...]
Transnistria Charts a New Course Darren Spinck Director of Public Affairs and Policy American Institute in Ukraine AIU Despite reported attempts by the presidential administration of Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (PMR) leader Igor Smirnov to rig the results of the recent PMR presidential election, the electorate of Transnistria chose a new path forward on [...]
Smirnov’s Proposed Pridnestrovien Annexation Referendum is No Benefit fo Ukraine: Possible “Orange” Scenario Next Door – But From Which Side? James George Jatras AIU Deputy Director, American Institute in Ukraine Igor Smirnov, longtime president of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, raised some eyebrows, and not only in Ukraine, when he recently suggested that [...]
U.S. Elections and Ukraine’s Multi-Vector Foreign Policy James George Jatras Deputy Director, AIU American Institute in Ukraine Understandably, during the past few weeks there has been much international focus on the ongoing saga of the conviction of Yulia Timoshenko and how it impacts Kiev’s dilemma between trade integration with the European Union or Russia. [...]
Will ‘Reform’ of Soviet-Era Laws Revive Ukraine’s Free Trade Prospects With EU – or is Brussels Looking for a Way Out Too? James George Jatras Deputy Director, AIU American Institute in Ukraine Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has been the recent recipient of coordinated ultimata from European Union leaders that if his one-time [...]
Ukraine and Europe’s Deepening Crisis Anthony Salvia American Institute in Ukraine - AIU In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, President Yanukovich declares: “Ukraine needs Europe. Just as important, Europe cannot afford to leave Ukraine behind. “ Indeed, “Ukraine’s future belongs in Europe.” He envisions Ukraine playing “a prosperous [...]
Ill-Advised Political Trials of Timoshenko, Lutsenko, and Other Opponents Undermine Yanukovich Administration James George Jatras Deputy Director, AIU Suppose that hidden enemies of the administration of President Viktor Yanukovich wished to concoct a plan that would, with one stroke, accomplish the following: Revive the political prospects of the President’s most identifiable rival; Provide a [...]
Tymoshenko Arrested, Ukrainian Foreign Policy Moves Toward a Crisis Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 151 By: Taras Kuzio The Jamestown Foundation The arrest of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on August 5 derails Ukraine’s integration into Europe at the same time as its relations with Russia are poor (video of arrest here: www.pravda.com.ua/photo-video/2011/08/5/6454611/). The [...]
Coal, Shale Oil, and the Costly Mirage of Ukraine’s Energy Independence James George Jatras Deputy Director, AIU American Institute in Ukraine AIU The tragic deaths of dozens of Ukrainian miners in two separate accidents at coal mines in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, and the injury of many others, demand a full [...]
Pension Reform Painful but Necessary – and Good Politics, Too James George Jatras Deputy Director American Institute in Ukraine (AIU) The passage of an unpopular pension reform law by the Verkhovna Rada presents President Viktor Yanukovich a classic “damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t” choice. On the one hand, his signing the bill [...]
New NATO Report on Ukraine: Is Yanukovich Tilting Away from Russia? Anthony T. Salvia (Director) American Institute in Ukraine As was widely reported by the Ukrainian media, NATO believes Viktor Yanukovich has proved less pro-Russian than it had feared when, shortly after his election, he moved swiftly to extend Russia’s [...]
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