The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ “dialogue” series this week discussed all things Ukraine.
Guests Blair Ruble, director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, and Mark Medish, a former senior staff member for the National Security Council, covered economics, politics, corruption and more with host John Milewski.
As Medish put it, Ukraine’s still experiencing “growing pains.” Ruble said it’s a “good news, bad news” situation here. The good news being that Ukraine is still independent 20 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, with many valuable resources. The bad news being that the political system hasn’t been able to capitalize on the assets of the country.
If you haven’t tuned into “dialogue” before, I highly recommend it. The program, aired weekly, explores world news, ideas and events through conversations with public figures, scholars, journalists and authors.
You can watch dialogue’s “An Update From Ukraine” in its entirety HERE.