Tatiana Zhurzhenko
is a political scientist at the University of Vienna. Her most recent book is Borderlands into bordered lands: Geopolitics of identity in post-Soviet Ukraine, Stuttgart 2010.
Eurozine Articles
Land of confusion
Ukraine, the EU and the Tymoshenko case
The Ukraine-European Union summit, planned for 19 December, was to have brought talks on an Association Agreement to a conclusion. But conflict with the EU over the prosecution of Yuliya Tymoshenko means Ukraine's future hangs in the balance, writes Tatiana Zhurzhenko. [more]
The politics of no alternatives or How power works in Russia
An interview with Gleb Pavlovsky
In interview with "Transit", former dissident turned "political technologist" Gleb Pavlovsky talks about the workings of political power in the former Soviet Union and in post-Soviet Russia. [Polish version added] [more]
The geopolitics of memory
The controversy around the statue of the Soviet soldier in Tallinn in April 2007 provided a striking demonstration that memory politics is less about the communist past than about future political and economic hegemony on the European continent. [more]
Roses, oranges... and coca
What remains of revolutions in the globalized world?
Unlike the Orange revolutionaries, Bolivian president Evo Morales challenges the global hierarchy -- hence his lukewarm reception in the West. [more]
What is left of the Orange Revolution?
The Ukraine elections saw a significant drop in public support for the leaders of the Orange Revolution after just one year in office. Tatiana Zhurzhenko looks at what went wrong. [more]
Is Ukraine heading for breakup?
Parts of Ukraine threaten to seek autonomy from the capital Kiev. Tatiana Zhurzhenko looks at what is behind these threats. How big is the risk of Ukraine falling apart? [more]
Politics of border making and (cross-)border identities
Introduction
Have borders become irrelevant with the project of a united Europe, which is supposed to overcome the historical divisions of the continent and the political isolation of its East? No, just the opposite. In a focal point guest-edited by Tatiana Zhurzhenko, essayists and researchers look at the dilemmas of border-building and cross-border cooperation in the EU and its neighbourhood. [more]
The myth of two Ukraines
A Commentary on Mykola Riabchuk's "Ukraine: One State, two Countries"?
Can the Ukraine overcome the rift between the 'europeanized' West and the 'russified' East of the country? [more]











