Ukraine

Ukraine’s experiment with trust

Trust is a scarce resource in Ukrainian politics. Could a TV president be the one to deliver it in the upcoming elections?

Happy Christmas, Ukraine

On 7 January, Ukrainians celebrated a double-holiday: Orthodox Christmas and the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox church

Romania ahead of the EU presidency

Bucharest should use the six-month rotating presidency of the European Council to work on the country’s European image

Dire strait: Russian naval aggression and Ukrainian politics

Kyiv has imposed martial law as a legal framework within which to mobilise national defence, in case Russia engages in coercion designed to establish a new status quo in the Sea of Azov

Russia, Ukraine, and the battle for religion

The Ukrainian church pushes for independence from Moscow. The split will undermine Putin’s vision of a ‘Russian world’ and accelerate Ukraine’s cultural separation from Russia