Ukraine, a country that has experienced three revolutions in three decades (Euromaidan in 2013-14, Orange Revolution in 2004, student revolt in 1990), is clearly still not at peace with itself. Upon my arrival in Kyiv as Ambassador in October 2014, my Spanish counterpart suggested a driver for this turmoil: Ukraine has one of the world’s highest rates of tertiary education (83% participation in 2014) combined with low official salaries and miserable Corruption Perception Index scores (142nd of 198 countries in 2014, scoring 26/100).

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