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Ukraine Reform Monitor

Carnegie’s Reforming Ukraine project provides objective, rigorous, evidence-based assessments of the Ukrainian reform effort via a series of regular publications, workshops, and events prepared by a team of Carnegie fellows and independent experts based in Ukraine.

Overview

Launched in 2015, Carnegie’s Reforming Ukraine project is an international multidisciplinary effort to monitor and evaluate Ukraine’s progress in key areas such as the security sector, the economy, the judiciary, and the reform of political institutions. The project’s flagship publication, the Ukraine Reform Monitor, brings together Ukraine-based policy practitioners and analysts and experienced Carnegie fellows to provide rigorous assessments of the Ukrainian reform effort via a series of regular policy-focused publications, workshops, and events in Ukraine and key Western capitals.

At a time when the geopolitical and security aspects of the Ukraine crisis dominate much of the Western discourse, this project focuses on the long-term challenges facing the country and provides practical tools for measuring the depth and speed of change. The project aims to promote a constructive dialogue between Ukraine and its Western partners that informs policymakers by increasing the quality and quantity of available analytical resources on Ukraine during this critical phase in the country’s transition. It is also intended to stimulate creative thinking among Western policymakers about alternative approaches to supporting Ukrainian reform.

The project is carried out by Carnegie’s Washington-based Russia and Eurasia Program and Carnegie Europe, together with a team of independent contributors based in Ukraine, with support from the Open Society Foundations and the Center for East European and International Studies.

Project Staff

We welcome feedback on this project and further discussion of our findings. Please do not hesitate to contact project staff with comments or questions.

Balázs Jarábik

project manager

bjarabik@ceip.org

Maria Koomen
project coordinator, Brussels
mkoomen@ceip.org

Anna Switzer
project coordinator, Washington
aswitzer@ceip.org

Overview

Launched in 2015, Carnegie’s Reforming Ukraine project is an international multidisciplinary effort to monitor and evaluate Ukraine’s progress in key areas such as the security sector, the economy, the judiciary, and the reform of political institutions. The project’s flagship publication, the Ukraine Reform Monitor, brings together Ukraine-based policy practitioners and analysts and experienced Carnegie fellows to provide rigorous assessments of the Ukrainian reform effort via a series of regular policy-focused publications, workshops, and events in Ukraine and key Western capitals.

At a time when the geopolitical and security aspects of the Ukraine crisis dominate much of the Western discourse, this project focuses on the long-term challenges facing the country and provides practical tools for measuring the depth and speed of change. The project aims to promote a constructive dialogue between Ukraine and its Western partners that informs policymakers by increasing the quality and quantity of available analytical resources on Ukraine during this critical phase in the country’s transition. It is also intended to stimulate creative thinking among Western policymakers about alternative approaches to supporting Ukrainian reform.

The project is carried out by Carnegie’s Washington-based Russia and Eurasia Program and Carnegie Europe, together with a team of independent contributors based in Ukraine, with support from the Open Society Foundations and the Center for East European and International Studies.

Project Staff

We welcome feedback on this project and further discussion of our findings. Please do not hesitate to contact project staff with comments or questions.

Balázs Jarábik

project manager

bjarabik@ceip.org

Maria Koomen
project coordinator, Brussels
mkoomen@ceip.org

Anna Switzer
project coordinator, Washington
aswitzer@ceip.org

In the Media
Ukraine Reform Monitor: October 2017

President Poroshenko’s power consolidation—and pushback against it—is the hallmark of Ukrainian politics heading toward elections in 2019. Yet reform progress is being made, even if the pace remains slow.

  • Ukraine Reform Monitor Team
· October 10, 2017
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Ukraine Reform Monitor: April 2017

In the past year, Ukraine’s reform progress slowed as the president consolidated power and key decentralization reforms met opposition in the parliament.

  • Ukraine Reform Monitor Team
· April 19, 2017
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Ukraine Reform Monitor: April 2016

Ukraine is in danger of repeating its experience after the 2004 Orange Revolution, when reformers won the vote in national elections but failed to govern effectively.

  • Ukraine Reform Monitor Team
· April 28, 2016
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Ukraine Reform Monitor: February 2016

The biggest challenges facing Ukraine are its long-standing, systemic failures—a corrupt government and a political system dominated by big business.

  • Ukraine Reform Monitor Team
· February 19, 2016
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Ukraine Reform Monitor: December 2015

Ukraine held local elections and made modest reform progress, while the economy improved slowly. But there are renewed concerns about the ceasefire in the east.

  • Ukraine Reform Monitor Team
· December 7, 2015
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Ukraine Reform Monitor: October 2015

Despite the growing scale and scope of reform activity and increasing support for it, the overall effort appears to be suffering from a lack of strategic direction.

  • Ukraine Reform Monitor Team
· October 5, 2015
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Ukraine Reform Monitor: August 2015

This memo offers a baseline assessment of the reform process as it stands a year and a half after the Euromaidan protests and the fall of Viktor Yanukovych’s government.

  • Ukraine Reform Monitor Team
· August 19, 2015