World Affairs Journal: The Yanukovych ruin and its aftermath, part 1
Although Ukraine may have to endure another three to eight years of Viktor Yanukovych’s misrule—until the presidential elections of 2015 or 2020—the end, fortunately, is in sight, and the challenges of post-Yanukovych reconstruction may be envisioned, at least in broad outlines. Following the extensive institutional destruction wrought by Yanukovych and the Party of Regions, Ukraine will have to be reconstructed from top to bottom. Mere reform will no longer be enough. Even “radical reform” may not quite accurately capture the magnitude of change that Ukraine will have to endure to emerge from the “Yanukovych Ruin” politically energized and rejuvenated, rather than enervated and ossified.