Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Going Backwards

Ukraine has secured its independence, but remains troubled by slow growth, corruption, and an overly strong presidency.

Today’s Russian protest movement in many ways resembles past civil-rights and civil-resistance efforts in other parts of the world, from its commitment to nonviolence to its key demands—a vote that…

There has been surprisingly little celebration of the tenth anniversary of the revolutions that brought down communism. The exaggerated hopes of the time have given way to disillusionment, but the…