Posts Tagged: Ukraine
Quoted in Vox
A blog I wrote last year has been quoted by Vox in one of its characteristic “explainer” pieces. The piece purports to explain why so many sessions of Ukraine’s parliaments descend into fights, without relying on crude stereotypes of the
Quoted in Vox
A blog I wrote last year has been quoted by Vox in one of its characteristic “explainer” pieces. The piece purports to explain why so many sessions of Ukraine’s parliaments descend into fights, without relying on crude stereotypes of the
Klitschko’s Weigh-In
Reading this very interesting article about this autumn’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine (as you do), the predicament of the opposition movement struck me as a game of risk similar to the board game of that name. Of course, the main
Klitschko’s Weigh-In
Reading this very interesting article about this autumn’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine (as you do), the predicament of the opposition movement struck me as a game of risk similar to the board game of that name. Of course, the main
Nightmare in Minsk
Everyone with a conscience about affairs in Europe should watch this moving, occasionally light-hearted, and very brave documentary about contemporary Belarus. Stuck ‘in a Soviet reservation’ as the narrator puts it, Belarusians have endured a lot over the past eighteen
Nightmare in Minsk
Everyone with a conscience about affairs in Europe should watch this moving, occasionally light-hearted, and very brave documentary about contemporary Belarus. Stuck ‘in a Soviet reservation’ as the narrator puts it, Belarusians have endured a lot over the past eighteen
Reports from the Warsaw Summit
The immediate aftermath of the second Eastern Partnership summit brought several different conclusions. The joint statement itself was a bland and uninspiring read. In true EU style, it read as though it was deliberately drafted so that you couldn’t get
Reports from the Warsaw Summit
The immediate aftermath of the second Eastern Partnership summit brought several different conclusions. The joint statement itself was a bland and uninspiring read. In true EU style, it read as though it was deliberately drafted so that you couldn’t get
Political Repression in Central and Eastern Europe
Dear Mr Cryer MP Political Repression in Central and Eastern Europe I am writing to you to raise my concerns about the current Human Rights situation in Belarus and Ukraine. After the disputed elections in December 2010 the citizens of
Political Repression in Central and Eastern Europe
Dear Mr Cryer MP Political Repression in Central and Eastern Europe I am writing to you to raise my concerns about the current Human Rights situation in Belarus and Ukraine. After the disputed elections in December 2010 the citizens of
Out of the Black 