ukraine: the orange revolution: all articles

A larger Europe-Russia crisis lights the fuse of Kyiv's bitter political rivalries (archive)

The "orange revolution's" real change was within (archive)

Russia's domestic political manipulation is more radical, pervasive and corrosive of real democracy than anything attempted in the west

A fresh compromise may salve the major political faultlines in the troubled Ukrainian polity. But the depth of the country’s institutional, regional, and personal divisions make repair far harder, says Andrew Wilson.

The romance of revolution is long gone as Ukrainians learn to cope with democracy's disillusions, says Alexander J Motyl.

Ukraine is in post-orange political meltdown while Russia is reinventing itself as a successful energy superpower. Right? Wrong, says Alexander J Motyl, who looks beneath the surface of a changing relationship.

The sheer normality of Ukraine’s election indicates how profound its post-orange political transition has been, finds Patrice de Beer.

An "orange coalition" is still the most likely outcome of a Ukrainian election won by the revolution’s opponent, says Taras Kuzio.

Whatever the result of the 26 March parliamentary elections, Ukraine after the orange revolution is moving towards normal democratic politics not back to authoritarianism, says Alexander J Motyl.

After fifteen turbulent months of a hard-won democracy, Ukraine's people are again calling their leaders to account. Askold Krushelnycky talks to Toby Saul about how far the orange revolution's ideals have survived.

The gas-price dispute that erupted in early 2006 has sobering lessons for all the parties involved, says Dieter Helm.

The bitter gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine reveals the stark difference in the character of the two states. The European Union should take note, says Alexander Motyl.

Ukraine's orange revolution was Russia's 9/11, and its result is to convince Moscow that the European Union is its major strategic rival, argues Ivan Krastev.

Kyiv’s governmental crisis will not derail Ukraine’s democratic development, says Alexander Motyl.

The “orange revolution” in Ukraine is not the last of Europe’s post-1989 “velvet revolutions” but the first of the European Union-inspired revolutions of the 21st century, says Ivan Krastev.

Both the European Union and Russia need to learn an important lesson from the Ukraine crisis: how to reconcile strategic interests and political values in order to help Ukraine’s people realise their own aspirations.

The Ukrainian revolution has catapulted Poland into the leadership of the European Union and released a new political dynamic across the region, says Marek Matraszek.

Has America forgotten Russian national interests in pursuit of its own? In the sixteenth of our Letters to Americans series, Sergei Markov, director of the Institute for Political Studies in Moscow, writes to Robert V Daniels, professor at the University of Vermont and author of ‘Russia’s Transformation’.

Poland is the largest of the ten states joining the European Union on 1 May 2004. But economic pressures, political strains and global fears make this a moment of worry rather than celebration for its 40 million citizens, reports Krzysztof Bobinski from Warsaw.