In this conversation with Lorena Drakula and Ferenc Laczó, Volodymyr Ishchenko – author of the new collection, Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War – explains how the study of contemporary Ukraine could contribute to our understanding of globally relevant processes. He reflects on the main political cleavage in the country and how the relationship between the various camps has evolved; and shows what led to the “deficient revolutions” in early 21st-century Ukraine and what have been their main outcomes. Finally, he discusses what he sees as the
driving force behind the authoritarian tendencies in the country.
Volodymyr Ishchenko is a research associate at the Institute of East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin.
Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War is published by Verso.
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