Rutgers University-Newark political science professor Alexander Motyl is known for swimming against the tide when it comes to speaking about post-Maidan Ukraine. All is not lost and not everything is “doom and gloom,” his writings and observations often say. Unlike many of his Ukrainian and Western contemporaries, Prof. Motyl insists that Ukraine is historically in the best position since the 17th century to forge a stronger state entity, one that can consolidate democracy in five years, to become economically and socially prosperous, and Westernize in the coming years.
Ukrainian Weekly: Alexander Motyl on Ukraine’s struggle with survival
Ukrainian lawmakers debate bills aimed at addressing some of the concerns of anti-corruption protesters who have set up the first tent city in Kyiv since the 2014 pro-EU revolution, on Oct. 19, 2017 in Kyiv. Hundreds of disgruntled Ukrainian activists gathered on Oct. 19 in a tent camp outside parliament to demand a more forceful fight against government graft.
