TCUP Commentary

TCUP Conference: Day 1

The First Annual TCUP Conference kicked off on Monday, February 1, 2021. Organized around the question “Why Is Ukraine a Democracy?,” the first panel addressed the role of history in Ukraine’s democratic development. There was no consensus among panelists...

Can the High Anti-Corruption Court Fix Ukraine's Corruption Problem? Q&A with REECA Grad Ivanna Kuz

As part of TCUP’s series on the current Constitutional Court crisis, we are including an interview with Ivanna Kuz, recent graduate of the REECA program at Harvard’s Davis Center, whose research on the High Anti-Corruption Court gives a bigger picture of...

What the West Got Wrong: Reflections of Amb. Roman Waschuk

This guest post by Roman Waschuk, Former Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine (2014-2019) and Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia (2011-2014), comprises a version of the remarks made during HURI's Opening Lecture, " What the West Got Wrong: Re-examining...

Ukraine's Constitutional Court Crisis: Experts Weigh In

This collection of expert commentary is part of a series on the Constitutional Court crisis. For background information, see Ukraine's Constitutional Court Crisis, Explained and our primer on Ukraine's Judicial Institutions . Check back for updates as...

Ukraine’s Constitutional Court Crisis, Explained

This overview, written by TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice is part of a series on the Constitutional Court crisis. For a primer on the various institutions involved in this discussion, see Ukraine's Judicial Institutions . Check back for original...

Ukraine’s Judicial Institutions: A Primer 

High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC): Created in 2018 to prosecute corruption cases, especially those involving political figures. What makes this court distinct is the involvement of the Public Council of International Experts (PICE), a group of non...

The 2020 U.S. Election Is Here: What Ukraine Can Expect from a Biden or Trump Win

Guest post by Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Former European Energy Security Advisor, U.S. Department of State Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis, Washington The New Europe Center, a Ukraine...

COVID-19 in Ukraine: Assessing the Government's Response

Ukraine began its first stages of post-quarantine opening over the week of May 25, 2020. As the country continues to ease restrictions, we can begin to assess Volodymyr Zelensky’s government’s response to the pandemic and identify issues in the healthcare...

Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Is Committed to Ukraine

TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice attended the first annual Taras Shevchenko Conference on Ukrainian Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, March 6-7, 2020. The conference brought together a diverse group of researchers in various disciplines in...

Oleg Sentsov Speaks to New York Audiences

On Saturday, January 25, 2020, TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice attended “Activism Rising: Ukraine at a Turning Point,” a conversation between Ukrainian film director and former political prisoner Oleg Sentsov and scholar Nina Khrushcheva in New York...

Normandy Format Summit: HURI Experts Respond

On December 9, 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Paris for a Normandy Format summit brokered by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The summit was the first meeting...

Hitler’s Bunker on the Eastern Front: Wehrwolf Museum Reflects Ukraine’s Difficult Historical Position

In September, TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice went to Vinnytsia, Ukraine, for the Borderlands and Contact Zones conference. During the conference, attendees visited the Wehrwolf bunker museum. Here, she describes the museum and reflects on how...