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OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz A Olszański

The beginning of the celebrations of the centenary of Ukraines independence

January 2018 saw the first celebrations commemorating the centenary of Ukraine’s fight for independence (1917–1921). 
OSW Studies | | Tadeusz A Olszański

A quarter-century of independent Ukraine. Dimensions of transformation

On 24 August 1991, the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR proclaimed independence, and on 1 December the same year, the Ukrainian people ratified that proclamation in a referendum. The new Ukrainian state had some very important assets,…
Point of View | | Tadeusz A Olszański

The great decommunisation Ukraines wartime historical policy

The war with Russia which began in 2014 has triggered serious changes in the way history is thought about by the Ukrainian public, especially in opinion-forming circles. The liberal reflection critical about the nationalist tradition…
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz A Olszański

Ukrainian politics the balance of forces after three years of war

The political situation in Ukraine is determined primarily by the ongoing war, and the situation of stalemate at the front is raising the level of public impatience.
Analyses | | Tadeusz A Olszański

Poroshenko authorises a blockade of the Donbas

The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided to immediately suspend freight traffic from the self-proclaimed ‘republics’ in the Donbas.
Analyses | | Tadeusz A Olszański

The beginning of reforms to the Ukrainian judicial system

The new acts are intended to reform Ukrainian justice, which is completely corrupt, and is regarded by the public with suspicion, if not downright hostility.
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz A Olszański

One year of Ukraines De-communisation A change in the historical narrative

The implementation of the de-communisation laws is visibly changing Ukraine’s political landscape, both in its physical aspect and its intellectual-moral aspect.
Analyses | | Tadeusz A Olszański

The establishment of a self-regulating body of the Prosecutor rules out the chances of Ukraines prosecutors office being reformed

The establishment of a self-regulating body in the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office has eliminated the possibility that this organisation will be reformed.
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz A Olszański

The shadow of Chornobyl Ukraine thirty years after the disaster

The consequences of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster are still a permanent element of the economic, environmental and social situation of Ukraine.
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz A Olszański

Aftermath of the Maidan Ukrainian society two years after the revolution

It is clear that hopes of a quick reconstruction and modernisation of the Ukrainian state as a political and institutional system have not been fulfilled.