Dealing with Yanukovych’s Ukraine

Far from shifting Ukraine further towards Russia, the election of Viktor Yanukovych could provide the EU with the opportunity to reengage with the keystone to Europe's Eastern neighbourhood, according to this policy paper by European Council on Foreign Relations Ukraine expert Andrew Wilson.

In Dealing with Yanukovych's Ukraine, Andrew Wilson argues that Yanukovych could become a Ukrainian version of Richard Nixon: just as Nixon's anti-communism allowed him to engage with China, Yanukovych's links with Moscow might allow him to reposition Ukraine between Russia and Europe - with the help of the EU.