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The Finlandization of Georgia and Ukraine -
What is the most important source of disagreement today between Russia and the West? It is not the issues most often in the news — Iran or Afghanistan. It is Europe’s c...
From Moscow's Pope to Its Puppet -
Thursday was a great day for Viktor Yanukovych as he was sworn in as the fourth president of post-Soviet Ukraine. Although Yanukovych’s road to victory was a bumpy one after suff...
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych bears a striking resemblance to former President George W. Bush. Although Bush was born rich and Yanukovych poor, both were rowdy as youths, w...
Ukraine's Problems Have Only Just Begun -
EVEN in Ukraine, elections can end. After two rounds of voting and weeks of legal rumbles, Viktor Yanukovich was inaugurated on Thursday February 25th as Ukraine’s fourth dem...
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Ukraine's Post-Election To-Do List - David Kramer, German Marshall Fund
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Yanukovich Win No Surprise in Ukraine - The Economist
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Ukraine Says Goodbye to the Cold War - Mary Dejevsky, The Independent
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Yanukovych Won. Get Over It. - Christian Caryl, Foreign Policy
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Is Ukraine 'East' or 'West'? - Anne Applebaum, Slate
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Ukraine's Revolution Lives On - Natalia Shapovalova, The Guardian
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Ukraine's Yanukovych Wild Card - Yevgeny Kiselyov, Moscow Times
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Ukraine Still Divided After Runoff - Benjamin Bidder, Der Spiegel
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Re-Introducing Viktor Yanukovych - Adrian Karatnycky, New Atlanticist
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Ukraine Must Turn West to Move Forward - Taras Kuzio, Global Post
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Ukrainian Democracy and Its Cynics - Nina Khrushcheva, Moscow Times
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Democracy Takes Root in Ukraine - Hryhoriy Nemyria, Daily Telegraph
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Ukraine's Back-to-Moscow Election - Danylo Hawaleshka, Maclean's
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U.S. Bungling in Ukraine - Doug Bandow, Korea Times
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Ukraine Needs West's Support - Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal
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Ukraine Election and Russian Resurgence - Peter Zeihan, Stratfor
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A Potential Game Changer in Ukraine - Melik Kaylan, Forbes
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Ukraine's Counter-Revolution - Doug Bandow, National Interest
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A Narrowed Gap in Ukraine - Gwynne Dyer, Japan Times
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The Ukraine That Might Have Been - Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
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Russia to Ukraine's Rescue - Christopher Granville, Moscow Times
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Ukraine Vote No Victory for Russia - Yevgeny Kiselyov, Moscow Times
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In Ukraine, Death of the Orange Revolution - James Marson, Time
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Ukraine's Anti-Orange Election - Alexander Motyl, Moscow Times
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Sad End to Ukraine's Orange Revolution - Neef & Schepp, Der Spiegel
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Ukraine's Road from Democracy - Sergey Sydorenko, Business Week
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The Next Evita ... from Ukraine - Julia Ioffe, The New Republic
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Moldova at a Crossroads - Center for American Progress
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The Difficulty of Being Ukraine - Mark Medish, Int'l Herald Tribune
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EU Turns Away from Ukraine - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
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Ukraine: A Democracy at Risk - Myroslava Gongadze, Wall Street Journal
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How the West Failed Eastern Europe - Melik Keylan, Forbes
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Ukraine's Orange Revolution Five Years On - GCFR
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America Needs a New Monroe Doctrine - Cato Institute
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Of Polish Angst and NATO - Roger Cohen, New York Times
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Former Republics Buck Russia's Influence - David Stern, Global Post
When Russian forces wiped the floor with the Georgian army in the two countries’ war last year, then crossed into Georgia proper to occupy positions from which they have yet ...
About Ukraine
- Ukraine
- Population: 46,179,000 (27th)
- Area Size: 223,090 sq mi (44th)
- GDP: $141.64 billion (48th)
- Currency: Hryvnia (UAH)
- Official Language: Ukrainian
- Capital City: Kiev
- Largest City: Kiev
Ukraine Prosperity Rank: 61 |
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