Author: Taras Kuzio

Since the 50th anniversary of the Holodomor in 1983, Ukraine has undergone four decades of de-Stalinization and de-Sovietization between the late 1980s and 2014, de-communization from 2015, and, since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, is now undergoing de-Russification. In comparison, Russia during most of this period has undergone re-Sovietization and a cult of the despotic...

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Nearly two years have elapsed since Russia’s unsanctioned invasion of Ukraine, yet the expected galvanization of the Ukrainian diaspora is not to be seen. Indeed, their influence on Western policy making on Ukraine in countries where they reside has been limited. Western countries that have most supported Ukraine militarily, such as Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland,...

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Taras Kuzio, a professor of political science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, won the 2022 Peterson Literary Prize for nonfiction for his book “Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality.” The following commentary has been adapted from Dr. Kuzio’s speech that was delivered at the Peterson Literary Fund in Toronto on December 1,...

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Two sets of volunteers have been crucial in the battle to defeat Vladimir Putin’s imperialism in eastern Ukraine. The first has been Ukrainian patriots who joined volunteer battalions. The second – just as important – has been the civilian volunteers throughout Ukraine who have supplied food, fresh water, uniforms, medical supplies, showers and washing facilities,...

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This week Ukraine celebrates the first anniversary of the Euro-Maidan revolution that toppled kleptocratic President Viktor Yanukovych and when Ukrainians became the first Europeans to die under the European Union (EU) flag. In the same week the second peace agreement signed in Minsk on February 12 collapsed for the same reasons as the first Minsk...

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