The
cosmopolitan city of Lviv, in the region where my Polish-Jewish family
lived, was a cultural center in central-eastern Europe, where many of
the 20th century’s greatest writers, scientists, and
entrepreneurs were born. The unrealized potential of those who fled or
perished amid the twin totalitarianisms of Adolf Hitler and Joseph
Stalin may be too profound to contemplate.
GMF Blog: Keeping Ukraine’s door open to Europe
Despite being blessed with natural resources and an entrepreneurial and well-educated population, Ukraine ranks a lowly 112th on the World Banku2019s ranking of ease of doing business.
Before World War II, Ukraine — in particular the western region of Galicia, a melting pot of Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, and Jews — was a genuine driver of global culture, commerce, and civilization.
