Demonstrators rally in Kiev's Independence Square on March 2, 2014. (AP/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Pundits are hopeful that Sunday’s presidential election in Ukraine will be a step towards national reconciliation after months of unrest. Dr. Stephen Cohen, appearing here on The John Batchelor Show, isn’t so sure it will have the anticipated salutary effect. The danger, he warns, is that if people in eastern Ukraine do not recognize the outcome of the election, then “arguably you’re worse off now than you were before the election, because a de facto partition has occurred.”
—David Kortava
Stephen F. CohenStephen F. Cohen is a professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at New York University and Princeton University. A Nation contributing editor, his most recent book, War With Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate, is available in paperback and in an ebook edition. His weekly conversations with the host of The John Batchelor Show, now in their seventh year, are available at www.thenation.com.