Ukraine’s new president isn’t anti-Western. Obama’s low-key approach toward Kiev is our best chance of keeping him that way.
Ukraine’s election results aren’t a repudiation of the West. Kiev will still pursue the middle course it always has, courting both Europe and Russia.
The Orange Revolution failed and Kiev is getting friendly with Moscow. So what?
Ukraine should serve as a link between America and Russia—not a point of contention.
Obama got a rapturous welcome as a candidate in Berlin. But will the Germans show him any love as president? It’s increasingly likely they might not.
Everybody shares the blame for the recent conflict. Neither Ukraine, Russia, the EU or even the United States come out with their hands clean or their relationships intact.
Yuliya Tymoshenko has made her triumphant return. What can we expect of her and Viktor Yannukovych’s governing coalition?
A panel of experts speaking at The Nixon Center agreed: The United States must invest in Ukraine’s political process, not individual leaders, during the present crisis.
In Ukraine, it is difficult to see the outside world doing much else than calling for a peaceful solution and democratic and lawful procedures.
The latest political meltdown in Ukraine has the imprint of one politician who won’t step down—Yulia Tymoshenko.