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 [...]
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. [...]
Is Europe Really A Good Option for Ukraine? Anthony T. Salvia, Executive Directors, AIU American Institute in Ukraine AIU The recent Warsaw summit of the EU’s Eastern Partnership, labeled a “diplomatic fiasco” by the Brussels-based EurAktiv news service, should prompt Kiev to reconsider its policies on “Europe.” The 32 representatives of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ukraine’s Energy Policy: Strategic Path of Tactical Squirming? James George Jatras, Deputy Director American Institute in Ukraine Ukraine’s size, location, resources, and talented and hardworking people make it an essential economic asset for its neighbors, both East and West, and an indispensable participant in any equation of European integration and development. But there [...]
Russian As Ukraine’s Second Official Language: President Yanukovich Should Keep His Promise James George Jatras Deputy Director American Institute in Ukraine Summary: “The administration of President Viktor Yanukovich has taken positive steps to allow greater regional use of the Russian language. However, these fall short of keeping his campaign promise to elevate Russian [...]
Is the US a Model for Ukraine’s Electoral System? James George Jatras American Institute in Ukraine It would seem the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have lost sight of the old adage, “people who live in glass houses should not thrown stones.” In a recent joint statement, [...]
Lesson from Libya: No to Islamic state-Within-A-State in Ukraine “Libya represents the latest example where western powers ostensibly opposing global Islamic terrorism and advocating “democracy” and “human rights” have launched military action they claim will help oppressed Muslims – while in the process, either accidentally or deliberately, advancing the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood and [...]
A Kind of “Freedom” Ukraine Doesn’t Need “The Russophobic and anti-Semitic antics of the extremist “Svoboda” party and its leader, Oleh Tyahnybok, may present tempting advantages for the Party of Regions in demonizing its opposition. But any superficial short-term political benefits for POR and for the Yanukovich administration are outweighed by the larger danger [...]
Key Issues Facing Ukraine in 2011 American Institute in Ukraine James George Jatras Introduction Here follows an analysis of five important issues facing Ukraine as the Yanukovich administration embarks on its second year in office: 1) Ukraine’s economic reform agenda and agriculture’s transformative potential; 2) Ukraine and the challenge of Islamic activism in Crimea; [...]
Whither Ukraine’s Energy Relationship with Russia, Europe, U.S.? James George Jatras American Institute in Ukraine The return to $100-per-barrel oil caused by the Egyptian crisis reminds us of the obvious, but often overlooked, fact that energy is not just an economic commodity but a strategic one. With the prospect of the Arab world’s [...]
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