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Point of View | | Tadeusz A Olszański

Unity stronger than divisions Ukraines internal diversity

The split into historical ‘sub-Ukraines’ has become less pronounced, especially for the younger generation.
OSW Studies | | Tadeusz A Olszański

Summary The Western Borderlands The place of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia in the Ukrainian state

Full version available only in Polish.
Point of View | | Sławomir Matuszak, Arkadiusz Sarna

From stabilisation to stagnation Viktor Yanukovychs reforms

After winning the 2010 presidential election, Viktor Yanukovych and his government developed an ambitious and comprehensive programme of reforms across key areas of social and political life. The return to a presidential system of…
OSW Studies | | Sławomir Matuszak

The oligarchic democracy The influence of business groups on Ukrainian politics

The Ukrainian oligarchic system, which developed into its ultimate shape during Leonid Kuchma’s second presidency, turned out to be very durable. The nature of close relations between the government and the oligarchs has not undergone any…
OSW Studies | | Tadeusz A Olszański

The language issue in Ukraine An attempt at a new perspective

In  Ukraine,  alongside  Ukrainians,  there  are very many Russians and members of other nationalities of the former Soviet Union as well as a still large group of people who identify themselves as Soviets (in terms of their nationality).…
Point of View | | Adam Eberhardt

The Revolution that never was Five years of Orange Ukraine

On the fifth anniversary of the Orange Revolution and in the final period of the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko, who then embodied the hopes for state reform, a tentative assessment of the situation in Ukraine is appropriate. Did the…
OSW Report | | Leszek Szerepka, Marta Jaroszewicz

MIGRATION CHALLENGES in the European Unions Eastern Neighbourhood

In recent years, both in Poland and across Europe, the problem of international migration has been transformed from an issue which merely concerned a narrow group of analysts and officials into an area of interest for broad social circles…
OSW Studies | | Joanna Konieczna

The orange revolution in Ukraine An attempt to understand the reasons

The Ukrainian society in the run-up to the 2004 presidential election was in a state which political science literature characterises as an almost "ideal" condition for an outbreak of social unrest. Growing expectations, both economic and…
Point of View | | Anna Górska

What Future for Ukraine

One hundred days after the inauguration of the Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko and the appointment of the new government led by Yulia Tymoshenko it is traditionally the time for first reviews and assessments of the new authorities'…
Point of View | | Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz

The ENP in practice - the European Unions policy towards Russia Ukraine Belarus and Moldova one year after the publication of the Strategy Paper

Clear qualitative changes have taken place in relations between the European Union and its Eastern neighbours over the past year. The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has been playing a significant part in the context of these changes