Ukrainian Politics

Die Grenzen von Demokratisierung und Europäisierung unter der Präsidentschaft Viktor Juschtschenkos (2005-2010)

by Ingmar Bredies

Die Orange Revolution 2004 wird häufig als Zäsur in der demokratischen Entwicklung der Ukraine angesehen. Die... more Die Orange Revolution 2004 wird häufig als Zäsur in der demokratischen Entwicklung der Ukraine angesehen. Die anschließende Übernahme des Präsidentenamtes durch Viktor
Juschtschenko ging dabei mit einer signifikanten Neuausrichtung der Geschichts- und Identitätspolitik einher. Dieser Beitrag untersucht, inwieweit die politischen Ziele der Demokratisierung und Europäisierung mit diesem Richtungswechsel vereinbar waren.

Ukraine 2020 scenarios

by Nazar Kholod

The output from this workshop, Ukraine 2020, was published in May 2011 and focuses on the following three alternate... more The output from this workshop, Ukraine 2020, was published in May 2011 and focuses on the following three alternate scenarios:

Scenario One: Fragmentation from Failed Authoritarianism
Scenario Two: National Consensus Leading to Reform
Scenario Three: Strategic Authoritarianism

The post-Communist diaspora laws: Beyond the "good civic vs. bad ethnic" nationalism dichotomy.

by Oxana Shevel

East European Politics and Societies, Vol. 24, No. 1 (February 2010), pp. 159-187.

In the 1990s, a number of post-Communist states adopted diaspora laws that defined the target group ethno-culturally,... more In the 1990s, a number of post-Communist states adopted diaspora laws that defined the target group ethno-culturally, thus seemingly confirming the continued relevance of Hans Kohn’s distinction between ethnic Eastern and civic Western nationalism. This article, however, posits that while Kohn’s dichotomy may be valid, its related implications are often not. The ethnic content of the diaspora laws, and the content of ethnic nationalism behind them, is much more nuanced, and not all ethnically tinted diaspora polices are discriminatory or otherwise contrary to international standards. Using the case of the 2001 Hungarian Status Law and the European organizations’ reaction to it, the first part of the article draws attention to the often neglected fact that international standards do not ban ethnically based policies altogether but allow for some distinctions in treatment based on ethno-cultural criteria. The second part of the article focuses on the case of Ukraine and further challenges the accuracy of the civic-ethnic dichotomy by showing how the politics of the Ukrainian diaspora law was driven not by a clash between civic and ethnic nationalism but by a more complex tension between different variants of ethnic nationalism, a neo-Soviet imperial vision, strategic bargaining, and changes in electoral fortunes for unrelated reasons. The Ukrainian case also shows how, in addition to international norm diffusion, another—and rather counterintuitive—path towards internationally compliant diaspora legislation may be the presence of substantial domestic divisions on the national issue, which forces the elites to compromise on a less ethnic law.

Упадок украинской демократии, восход Всеукраинского объединения «Свобода» и подрыв международного имиджа Киева

by Andreas Umland

Geopolitika [Центр геополитических исследований, Вильнюс, Литва]. 2010. 30 октября.

Чи може Україна успішно розвиватися без геополітичної інтеграції?

by Andreas Umland

Євроатлантика [Інститут Євро-Атлантичного співробітництва]. 2012. 27 січня.

Originally published here: Originally published here: http://www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2012/01/26/6931611/

Четыре измерения украинской интеграции в Европу

by Andreas Umland

Geopolitika [Центр геополитических исследований, Вильнюс, Литва]. 2011. 19 мая.

Four Political Dimensions of Ukraine’s Future Europeanization

by Andreas Umland

Harvard International Review [web edition], June 28, 2011.

Націонал-екстремізм, що не відбувся? Праворадикальна партійна політика в пострадянській Україні та загадка електоральної маргінальності українських ультранаціоналістів у 1994–2009 роках

by Andreas Umland

Політична критика [Науково-дослідний центр візуальної культури при Національному університеті «Києво-Могилянська академія»]. 2011. №2. С. 17-34 (з Антоном Шеховцовим).

Das Beziehungsdreieck Ukraine-EU-Russland im Wandel

by Andreas Umland

Ukraine-Analysen, no. 98 (2011), pp. 2-4.

Die Rolle der Kiewer Mohyla-Akademie im aktuellen politischen Prozess

by Andreas Umland

Ukraine-Analysen, no. 98 (2011), pp. 13-15.

На радикалів немає Ради

by Andreas Umland

Критика. 2011. Т. 15. № 7-8(165-166). С. 8-9.

EU-Ukraine-Russland: Dreiecksbeziehung im Dauerstress

by Andreas Umland

Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, vol. 56, no. 12 (2011), pp. 27-30.

Karadeniz Bülteni-6

by Ebru Kunt Akin

The Holodomor Issue in Russo-Ukrainian Relations from 1991 to 2010

by Barbara Martin

Unpublished Dissertation (Master in International History and Politics)

This study focuses on the issue of the memory of the Holodomor, the Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932‐1933, in... more This study focuses on the issue of the memory of the Holodomor, the Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932‐1933, in Russo‐Ukrainian relations since 1991. The argument expounded here is that the Holodomor has been made into one of the central pillars of Ukrainian national identity after the independence, and that the politicization of the topic has increasingly become a factor of tensions with Moscow, especially perceptible after the 2004 Orange Revolution. By adopting a controversial interpretation of the Famine, identified as the Genocide of the Ukrainian People, Kiev has implicitly affirmed its emancipation from the Eastern Slavic brotherly bond, dear to Moscow. In reaction, Russia has attempted to impose its own reading of the past, insisting on the commonalities of experiences of the Famine throughout the Soviet Union. The confrontation ultimately went beyond the realm of a mere historiographical quarrel and turned into an all‐out “Memory War” staged both on the national and international scenes.

Die ukrainische Protodemokratie im zeitgeschichtlichen Kontext: Replik auf eine Kritik von Ingmar Bredies

by Andreas Umland

Ukraine-Analysen, no. 67 (2010), pp. 16-19.

Вікно можливостей для України

by Andreas Umland

Український незалежний центр політичних досліджень: Внутрішня політика. 2009. 7 січня (та коментар Степана Величенка).

Much Ado About Nothing: Die Normalisierung der ukrainischen Politik und die Parlamentskrise 2008

by Andreas Umland

Ukraine-Analysen, no. 43 (2008), pp. 2-3.

Im Zickzack gen Europa: Zur Rolle der jüngsten Wahlen in der Nationalstaatsbildung und Demokratisierung der Ukraine

by Andreas Umland

Heiko Pleines (ed.), Die vorgezogenen Parlamentswahlen in der Ukraine 2007 (=Arbeitspapiere und Materialien 86). Bremen: Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, 2007. Pp. 64-65.

Domestic and Foreign Factors in the 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Elections

by Andreas Umland

Ingmar Bredies, Andreas Umland and Valentin Yakushik (eds), Aspects of the Orange Revolution IV: Foreign Assistance and Civic Action in the 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Elections (=Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 66). Stuttgart and Hannover: ibidem-Verlag, 2007. Pp. 11-17.

Approaches to a "Watershed" in Ukrainian Politics

by Andreas Umland

Ingmar Bredies, Andreas Umland and Valentin Yakushik (eds), Aspects of the Orange Revolution III: The Context and Dynamics of the 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Elections (=Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 65). Stuttgart and Hannover: ibidem-Verlag, 2007. Pp. 7-12 (with Ingmar Bredies and Valentin Yakushik).