There are dozens of candidates running for president of Ukraine. But only three that matter: the battered incumbent, the perennial contender, and that comedian with no political experience – who happens to be the frontrunner.
Five years after Ukraine’s Euromaidan uprising raised expectations for a bright European future, the country’s voters are effectively choosing from among two dinosaurs and a clown. Reform has been slow, corruption persists, and the war drags on. And given this, it is pretty easy to get cynical.
So are things as bad as they seem? Or are we missing the forest for the trees?
Listen to a special episode of the Power Vertical podcast with Brian Whitmore, Donald N. Jensen, and guest Melinda Haring editor of UkraineAlert at The Atlantic Council.
March 22, 2019
The Power Vertical is a CEPA podcast covering the Kremlin for Kremlin watchers. All opinions are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the position or views of the institutions they represent or the Center for European Policy Analysis.
