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'There is unity in diversity' - interview with Boriss Cilevičs MP

Published on: 22 November 2017

Written by: Nazarii Volianskyi All articles by Nazarii Volianskyi

Written by: Boriss Cilevičs All articles by Boriss Cilevičs

At the 2017 World Forum for Democracy, Latvian MP Boriss Cilevičs discusses minority rights in the EU, the war in...

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Published in: Home

Participatory budgeting: an empowering democratic institution

Published on: 6 November 2017

Written by: Dmytro Khutkyy All articles by Dmytro Khutkyy

Contemporary public policy is no longer able to rely on representative democracy. To stay legitimate and fulfil...

Published in: 50.50

The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to Tunisia

Published on: 21 July 2017

Written by: Rahila Gupta All articles by Rahila Gupta

Frontline activists, including women who use their topless bodies as political statements, are gathering in London...

The conflict in Syria is just one example of a new age of proxy wars. Image by a.anis/Flickr. Some rights reserved.

Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Whatever happened to peace? Arms, oil and war by proxy

Published on: 19 May 2017

Written by: Jonas Ecke All articles by Jonas Ecke

We're living in a new era of proxy warfare, where multiple powers fund local proxies with disastrous consequences....

Published in: Home

Ukraine and the cancer of corruption: a conversation with Svitlana Zalishchuk

Published on: 9 February 2017

Written by: Benjamin Ramm All articles by Benjamin Ramm

Written by: Svitlana Zalishchuk All articles by Svitlana Zalishchuk

The rising star of Ukrainian politics tells openDemocracy that deep-rooted corruption is the greatest threat to the...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

What is causing the conflict in Ukraine?

Published on: 25 May 2016

Written by: Tymofiy Mylovanov All articles by Tymofiy Mylovanov

Understanding the economic roots of rebellion in eastern Ukraine suggests that the resolution to the crisis must...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

From hybrid peace to human security

Published on: 23 May 2016

Written by: Javier Solana All articles by Javier Solana

Written by: Mary Kaldor All articles by Mary Kaldor

An effective second generation human security policy that would actually improve everyday security, both in conflict...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

The Chernobyl accident in Ukraine, 30 years after

Published on: 26 April 2016

Written by: Elisabeth Cardis All articles by Elisabeth Cardis

The Chernobyl disaster of April, 26, 1986, in Ukraine, is considered the worst nuclear accident in history together...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Published on: 7 April 2016

Written by: Andreas Umland All articles by Andreas Umland

For everybody who knows a bit about the EU, the nationwide, expensive and low-turnout Dutch plebiscite on this...

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Ending impunity in Europe?

Published on: 14 March 2016

Written by: Aage Borchgrevink All articles by Aage Borchgrevink

Written by: Simon Papuashvili All articles by Simon Papuashvili

The International Criminal Court needs support in order to succeed with its investigation of Georgia and Russia.

Published in: 50.50

The global pulse of young feminists organising

Published on: 8 March 2016

Written by: Deepa Ranganathan All articles by Deepa Ranganathan

Written by: Ruby Johnson All articles by Ruby Johnson

Young feminists are organising across movements in an intersectional way, locally, nationally and regionally, and...

'Putin, if you love something - set it free!'

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Silence – the EU’s strategy for human rights abuses in its neighbourhood

Published on: 29 February 2016

Written by: Florian Irminger All articles by Florian Irminger

Talk in Brussels among non-governmental organisations and parliamentarians is that the EU lacks a strategy to...

Crimean Tatars at Chatyr-Dag commemorate the 71st anniversary of the deportation, May 2015.

Published in: oDR

Book Review: Brian Glyn Williams ‘The Crimean Tatars: From Soviet Genocide to Putin’s Conquest’

Published on: 7 December 2015

Written by: Eleanor Knott All articles by Eleanor Knott

The Crimean Tatar population following Russian annexation is under renewed pressure. As a new history of the...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Ukraine: Europe's forgotten refugees

Published on: 10 November 2015

Written by: Sara Cincurova All articles by Sara Cincurova

While the world focuses on refugees arriving in Europe from warzones in the Middle East, the plight of those fleeing...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Russia, Ukraine and the European Union: a way forward?

Published on: 29 September 2015

Written by: Dražen Šimić All articles by Dražen Šimić

In order to secure long-term peace and prosperity in Europe and potentially beyond, a mutually beneficial...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

The fatalistic predicament of Ukraine

Published on: 1 September 2015

Written by: Jan Zielonka All articles by Jan Zielonka

If Ukraine is so important for the EU, then why does the EU do so little to assist it?

Qimiao Fan, World Bank director for Belarus, Moldova & Ukraine, at a March 2015 press conference in Kyiv concerning the loan

Published in: oDR

Georgia’s healthcare privatisation stands as a warning to Ukrainian reformers

Published on: 6 August 2015

Written by: Kathleen Weinberger All articles by Kathleen Weinberger

Ukraine's government is eager to overhaul the country's ageing healthcare system. Following Georgia's example may be...

Published in: openSecurity

Is there reason to hope for Minsk II?

Published on: 13 February 2015

Written by: Michael Emerson All articles by Michael Emerson

The last Minsk agreement on eastern Ukraine failed to bring peace. The latest looks similar—but the context has changed.

Published in: openSecurity

Ukraine ceasefire announced at Minsk summit—what next?

Published on: 12 February 2015

Written by: Stefan Wolff All articles by Stefan Wolff

The ceasefire agreement in Minsk over Ukraine was better than no outcome at all. But only a little better.

The Collectivist, under the heading “Proletarians of all countries unite”. Newspaper of the Greeks of Mariupol and Donetsk, 1930

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

The Collectivist, debt colonialism and the real Alexis Tsipras

Published on: 29 January 2015

Written by: Iannis Carras All articles by Iannis Carras

As the new government’s statement on Mariupol reveals, Greece will leverage its position along a geopolitical...

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