by Daniel Rubinstein | Nov 4, 2019 | Sacramento State University
To the detriment of democracy, populism has returned in force with a new face in many countries of the world, and Ukraine is no exception. (Freedom House 2018) The election of Volodymyr Zelensky to the post of President in Spring of 2019 was spurred by his own...
by Omar Battisha | May 7, 2019 | University of Chicago
Take a peek into stores in the US and you’ll find a plethora of campaign gear for political candidates that only exist on TV shows–everything from shirts touting support for The West Wing’s Jed Bartlett to mugs promoting Veep’s Selena Mayer in her...
by Minch | May 18, 2018 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Ukraine prides itself with three revolutions – 1991 independence from Russia, 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 Euromaidan. These historical junctures are inextricably linked to Ukraine’s democratic consolidation on two accounts – transition to democracy and...
by Chelsea Bartley | Apr 3, 2018 | University of Memphis
In 2000, only four years after Ukraine adopted the Constitution that protected the rights of the press, a scandal broke out. Known as “tapegate”, former President Kuchma was recorded ordering the kidnapping and death of a Ukrainian journalist who was critical of his...
by Joseph Glandorf | Mar 24, 2018 | Ohio State University
On March 3, police in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, forcibly dismantled a camp of anticorruption protesters outside the Ukrainian Parliament, resulting in a violent clash, about 20 injuries, and over 100 detainments. It was the latest in a long string of crises for a...
