Who Lost Ukraine?
It would be a mistake to view Ukraine's ongoing mass protests, triggered by the government’s refusal to sign an association agreement with the EU, as a replay of the country's 2004 Orange Revolution. What has brought Ukrainians into the streets this time is the fear that their European prospects could be foreclosed forever.
VIENNA – Karl Marx famously remarked that major historical events occur twice – the “first time as tragedy, then as farce.” In Ukraine, sadly, tragedy and farce are inseparable.