Much has been written about Ukraine since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion over two years ago, but there is no escaping the fact that the country is still struggling to emerge from centuries of obscurity and disinformation. In his new book, Jewish-Ukrainian Relations and the Birth of a Political Nation, journalist Vladislav Davidzon seeks […]
Ukrainian national identity
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Serhii Plokhy: Putin’s belief that Russians and Ukrainians are one and the same people is dead
For the past decade, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has framed his country’s escalating campaign of aggression against Ukraine as a crusade for historical justice. Time and again, Putin has brandished his own highly distorted view of Ukraine’s place in Russian history in order to justify the invasion, occupation, and forced russification of the modern Ukrainian […]
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UNESCO adds Ukrainian heritage sites to “in danger” list over Russian bombing threat
Three of Ukraine’s most important heritage sites have been added to UNESCO’s official List of World Heritage in Danger amid mounting fears over Russia’s widespread bombing of Ukrainian cultural landmarks and civilian targets. The decision to list Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral and Pechersk Lavra monastery complex along with the historic center of Lviv was taken […]
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Victoire! French state news agency AFP adopts “Kyiv” spelling for Ukrainian capital
More and more international media outlets are switching to the Ukrainian-language “Kyiv” transliteration when referring to the country’s capital city as Ukraine seeks to assert an increasingly independent identity amid an eight-year undeclared war with Russia
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UKRAINE AT 30: Europe’s last great unfinished nation-building odyssey continues
Today’s Ukraine is increasingly democratic and European but has yet to become prosperous or live up to its huge potential
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Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine obsession could plunge Europe into a major war
The Russian president’s recent essay on the “historical unity” of Russians and Ukrainians lays bare his dangerous imperial delusions and refusal to accept the loss of Ukraine
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UKRAINE’S MEMORY WARS: What can Ukraine’s experience tell us about statue-toppling and the politics of monuments?
Monuments have played a high-profile role in the memory wars at the heart of a national identity crisis that independent Ukraine has struggled with for much of the post-Soviet period
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POLITICIZED POP: Exploring why nation-building Ukraine takes the annual Eurovision Song Contest so seriously
Ukraine will not participate in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest following a scandal over the Russian touring schedule of national competition winner MARUV. This is not the first time political considerations have overshadowed musical merits in the country’s rollercoaster relationship with Europe’s kitschest cultural contest
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OPINION: Speaking the Ukrainian language in Ukraine should not be a controversial act
Ukrainian has never enjoyed greater state protection but speakers of the national language still risk encountering casual hostility from segments of modern Ukrainian society
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ORTHODOX INDEPENDENCE: Putin in panic as Ukraine prepares to break free from Russian religious dominance
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