THE UKRAINE Has/Is More Than Perogies, Cossacks, Etc

Kiev Burning

Michael Totten;

Kiev is a magnificent city, and it pains me to see it like this, but I should not be surprised. Almost every country I've ever written about is either in hell, has only recently recovered from hell, or is on its way to hell. I hoped when I visited Ukraine that it was on its way out, but I did not have a good feeling about it, as you'll recall if you read my book.

I'm reluctant to wade in as an analyst, though, because I don't know the country on an intimate nuts-and-bolts level. Let me instead outsource my analysis to my World Affairs colleague Alexander Motyl who writes about nothing else. I do know the country well enough to say that what he writes seems exactly right to me.

By Kate on February 21, 2014 7:34 AM |