On Tuesday, April 12, three experts joined the Harvard Chan Humanitarian Development Student Association and the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program (TCUP) to...

Russia’s war in Ukraine began in 2014 and has continued for the past eight years. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine, initiating a full-scale war and elevating the crisis to a new level. 

HURI condemns this war and is working to provide what assistance it can to advocate for Ukraine, fight disinformation, and assist those whose lives are in danger. In the midst of this activity, it is important to keep Ukrainian voices first and foremost, and to remember the very personal, human dimension of this tragic war.

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The 2022 TCUP Conference closed with a panel on Ukraine’s foreign and domestic policy priorities. Moderated by TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice, the panel began by addressing the current Russian troop buildup and threats of further invasion of Ukraine’s territory. Ambassador John...

The third panel of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program conference focused on the intersecting issues of Displacement and Reintegration, particularly as these topics concern Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories (TOTs) of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The panelists had a combination of academic...

The keynote lecture for the 2022 Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program conference was delivered on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, by Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch with an introduction by Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt. Amb. Yovanovitch served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 2016-2019, and she previously served as...

The TCUP conference’s second panel, “Digital Transformations,” addressed the question of how the internet influences sovereignty in the twenty-first century. The panel drew together experts on media studies, as well as journalists and a practitioner working in digital governance, to examine the question of digital sovereignty from multiple angles.... Read more about Beyond Borderland Conference: Panel 2 Summary

The 2022 TCUP Conference Beyond Borderland: 30 Years of Ukrainian Sovereignty kicked off Monday, February 7, with a deep dive into the concept of sovereignty in the modern world. Particularly salient with Russian troops amassing at the Ukraine-Belarus border and with diplomatic negotiations reaching a fever pitch, the panel reflected the urgency of the current moment.... Read more about Beyond Borderland Conference: Panel 1 Summary

Amidst a perfect storm of conditions leading to increased gas prices and greater demand, Russia is leveraging its role as a major energy supplier to put pressure on Europe. As Benjamin Schmitt notes below, the crisis has been brewing due to "a colder-than-normal spring, calmer-than-normal summer (leading to a drop in electricity production from EU wind turbines), and an unanticipated jump in global demand (especially from Chinese energy consumers) driven by a faster-than-expected market recovery post-COVID-19."... Read more about Europe's Gas Crisis and Russian Energy Politics: Experts Respond

TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice is in Ukraine for a month to conduct research for her project on internally displaced persons. On August 23, she attended the inaugural summit of the Crimea Platform, during which representatives from around the world gathered to discuss the peninsula and express support for Ukraine's territorial integrity.... Read more about TCUP in Ukraine: Crimea Platform

TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice is in Ukraine for a month to conduct research for her project on internally displaced persons. She'll be sending notes about her activities, starting with reflections on the Crimea Platform summit and Ukraine's Independence Day activities.... Read more about TCUP in Ukraine: Independence Day

March 2021 marks seven years since the illegal occupation and annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation. TCUP asked experts about the general sentiment in Ukraine around the issue of Crimea and its annexation, President Zelensky’s potential policy moves toward deoccupation and reintegration, and the role of the Crimean Tatar community in the future.... Read more about What Comes Next for Crimea? Experts Reflect on Seven Years of Occupation

The final panel of the first annual TCUP Conference focused on the issues of displacement and reintegration in Crimea and Donbas.... Read more about TCUP Conference: Day 5

The TCUP Conference continued on Thursday, February 4, 2021, with a panel on Institutions and Reform.... Read more about TCUP Conference: Day 4

The TCUP Conference continued on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, with a keynote lecture by Dr. Francis Fukuyama entitled, “Lessons from the Ukrainian Transition to Democracy.”... Read more about TCUP Conference: Day 3

The TCUP Conference continued on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, with a lively discussion of the role of civil society and mass mobilizations in Ukrainian democracy.... Read more about TCUP Conference: Day 2

The First Annual TCUP Conference kicked off on Monday, February 1, 2021. Organized around the question “Why Is Ukraine a Democracy?,” the first panel addressed the role of history in Ukraine’s democratic development.... Read more about TCUP Conference: Day 1

As part of TCUP’s series on the current Constitutional Court crisis, we are including an interview with Ivanna Kuz, recent graduate of the REECA program at Harvard’s Davis Center, whose research on the High Anti-Corruption Court gives a bigger picture of the challenges of judicial reform in Ukraine.... Read more about Can the High Anti-Corruption Court Fix Ukraine's Corruption Problem? Q&A with REECA Grad Ivanna Kuz

This collection of expert commentary is part of a series on the Constitutional Court crisis. For background information, see Ukraine's Constitutional Court Crisis, Explained and our primer on Ukraine's Judicial Institutions.... Read more about Ukraine's Constitutional Court Crisis: Experts Weigh In