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. [...]
Our Tax Dollars at Work – NATO Troops in Kosovo Open Fire on Serb Protesters! James George Jatras Director, American Council for Kosovo American Council for Kosovo NATO Tries to Force Christian Serbs to Submit to Criminal Albanian Muslim “Authority” On September 27, NATO forces in Kosovo opened fire on Serbian demonstrators protesting efforts by [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
U.S.-Backed Kosovo Administration Implicated in Organ-Trafficking Racket – But Will It Matter? By James George Jatras American Council for Kosovo One can’t help but wonder how many times we have to be hit over the head before it begins to sink in that America’s intervention in Kosovo was based on a pack of lies from [...]
May 9 Lesson from Lviv: “Svoboda” a Danger to Ukraine’s Democracy, Not a Card to be Played for Political Advantage James George Jatras Deputy Director, American Institute in Ukraine AIU On May 9 clashes broke out in Lviv during Victory Celebrations of the World War II defeat of Nazi Germany by Soviet forces. At [...]
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 [...]
Vladimir Putin Visits a Serbia on the Edge of Collapse James George Jatras American Council for Kosovo “Pro-Western” Belgrade Locked with Pristina in Race to the Bottom. Last week’s visit to Serbia by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin could not have come at a better time or – depending on how you look at it [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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