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- Strategic Europe
Ukrainian Society Ahead of the Elections
- Gwendolyn Sasse
- February 07, 2019
The continuing war in Ukraine plays an important role in shaping politics and public perceptions in the run-up to this year’s elections. It turns out that identity issues are much more nuanced than the campaign rhetoric suggests.
- Article
Assessing Ukrainian Grassroots Activism Five Years After Euromaidan
- Natalia Shapovalova
- February 06, 2019
Pockets of energetic local Ukrainian activists are improving people’s lives and holding officials accountable, but foreign donors tend to overlook the important work they are doing.
- Op-Ed
Ukraine’s Joke of an Election
- Balázs Jarábik
- February 05, 2019
- Politico Europe
Ukrainians are deeply ambivalent about the 2019 presidential election. A widespread atmosphere of discontent has created an opening for an unlikely dark horse candidate: the comedian Vladimir Zelenskiy.
- Strategic Europe
Crimea Annexation 2.0
- Gwendolyn Sasse
- November 29, 2018
Similar to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western powers have been confined to watching events from the sidelines without finding an effective response—so far.
Battleship: Russia vs. Ukraine
- Gwendolyn Sasse
- November 27, 2018
- Vox’s Today, Explained
A naval skirmish between Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov further strains an already strung-out relationship. Ultimately, Moscow cannot afford to escalate the tensions—neither can Kyiv.
- Event
Europe in 2019
- Federiga Bindi, Erik Brattberg, Karen Donfried, Pierre Vimont, Jonatan Vseviov
- November 27, 2018
- Washington, DC
A multitude of challenges confront the EU in 2019. How European leaders address these developments over the course of the next year will have far-reaching consequences.
- Strategic Europe
A Church Conflict Brews in Ukraine
- Thomas de Waal
- October 31, 2018
- - Русский
President Poroshenko hopes to win votes from the issue of church autonomy. But it is a risky strategy, and some commentators are warning about potential violence.
- Report
The Mobilization of Conservative Civil Society
- Richard Youngs, Gareth Fowler, Arthur Larok, Paweł Marczewski, Vijayan MJ, Ghia Nodia, Natalia Shapovalova, Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Marisa von Bülow, Özge Zihnioğlu
- October 04, 2018
What conservative civic activism portends for global civil society.
- Strategic Europe
Ukraine’s Incomplete Transformation
- Judy Dempsey
- September 18, 2018
The 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine are not about reform and ending corruption but about the influence of the oligarchs.
- Paper
How Eastern Ukraine Is Adapting and Surviving: The Case of Kharkiv
- Natalia Shapovalova, Balázs Jarábik
- September 12, 2018
A pact between Kiev and the leaders of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine has limited violence and ensured stability, but at the cost of keeping in place corrupt governing practices and forestalling reform.

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Cornelius Adebahr
Nonresident Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Adebahr is a nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on European foreign policy.
Judy Dempsey
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Editor in chief
Strategic Europe
Dempsey is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of Strategic Europe.
Balázs Jarábik
Nonresident Scholar
Russia and Eurasia Program
Jarábik is a nonresident scholar focusing on Eastern and Central Europe with particular focus on Ukraine.
Ulrich Kühn
Nonresident Scholar
Ulrich Kühn is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH).
Stefan Lehne
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Europe
Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.
Andrey Movchan
Nonresident Scholar
Economic Policy Program
Moscow Center
Movchan is a nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Eugene Rumer
Director and Senior Fellow
Russia and Eurasia Program
Rumer, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the U.S. National Intelligence Council, is a senior fellow and the director of Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
Gwendolyn Sasse
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Sasse is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe. Her research focuses on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, EU enlargement, and comparative democratization.
Natalia Shapovalova
Visiting Fellow
Carnegie Europe
Natalia Shapovalova is a visiting fellow at Carnegie Europe, where her research focuses on Eastern Europe, with particular focus on Ukraine and EU policy toward the Eastern neighborhood.
Christopher Smart
Nonresident Fellow
Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
Christopher Smart is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on the interaction of global financial markets and international economic policy.
Dmitri Trenin
Director
Moscow Center
Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.
Andrew S. Weiss
James Family Chair
Vice President for Studies
Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, where he oversees research in Washington and Moscow on Russia and Eurasia.