Ukraine’s State Language Law Enshrines the Lingua Franca
On May 15, Ukraine’s outgoing president, Petro Poroshenko, promulgated the “Law on Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language.” The accompanying... MORE
Implacable Adversity: Moscow’s Response to Zelensky’s Election in Ukraine (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Ukraine’s outgoing president, Petro Poroshenko, and the governing coalition (whose mandate is also about to expire) have... MORE
Implacable Adversity: Moscow’s Response to Zelensky’s Election in Ukraine (Part One)
Moscow is treating Ukraine and its newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, with the same implacable hostility as it did during Petro Poroshenko’s presidency. The Kremlin... MORE
Russia Punishing Ukraine After the Presidential Election
The Kremlin is disappointed and angry with the Ukrainian presidential election’s landslide winner, Volodymyr Zelensky. The president-elect may have over-fulfilled Moscow’s forecasts by defeating the... MORE
Kremlin Sees New Window of Opportunity in Ukraine After Poroshenko’s Massive Electoral Loss
On March 31, 2019, the authorities released official results for the first-round of the Ukrainian presidential election. The incumbent, President Petro Poroshenko, came in second... MORE
Russia Undecided and Apprehensive About Elections in Ukraine
The second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine, held last Sunday (April 21), was a rather unconventional democratic exercise. And for millions of keen... MORE
Merkel, Macron Plan Meeting With Putin After Ukraine’s Presidential Election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron each conferred with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Berlin and Paris, respectively, on the same day,... MORE
Ukraine Expands Its Missile Capabilities
Ukraine’s military and political authorities continue to seek an adequate deterrent to contain and deter Russian aggression, particularly in light of the breakdown of the... MORE
Saakashvili Continues His Political Struggle in Georgia and Ukraine
On March 24, the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s former ruling party, held a party congress at which it approved Grigol Vashadze as its new chairperson... MORE
Liquidation of the INF Treaty and Ukraine’s Prospects
On March 16, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on the “Reformation of the Defense Industrial Complex” (President.gov.ua, March 16). The document could have... MORE