BERLIN – When President Yanukovych talked to German business leaders and statesmen at the Hotel Adlon about new partnerships between Ukraine and the E.U., there was something missing from his speech – the European Union. Yanukovych spoke for nearly forty minutes on Ukraine’s trade relationship with Germany, his efforts to fight corruption, and his new [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ukraine’
Why Yanukovych’s Berlin Visit Mattered
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged China, Europe, geopolitics, Ukraine on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yulia’s Dilemma
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged election, Fenno, incumbant, Tymoshenko, Ukraine on February 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It is clear that Viktor Yanukovych is going to be the next president of Ukraine. Today the president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, added his congratulations to the growing international choir, despite the fact that Yanukovych remains one of the few politicians in Ukraine who has vocally supported the autonomy of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In [...]
Yushchenko Loses: Ukraine’s First Round Elections
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2010, Elections, first round, Ukraine on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In the days following the famously narrow 2000 election between Bush and Gore, headline writers could come to only one conclusion: “Nader Loses.” Today in Ukraine, the results were similarly inconclusive. Only one thing was certain — incumbent president Viktor Yushchenko had lost his seat, with a slim 5 percent of the vote. Unsurprisingly, neither [...]
