what are the strength and weaknesses of the ukraine gov?

[7h0m4z]

hey guys i am just wondering whats the strength and weaknesses of the current ukraine government? why i am asking is because i am making a project on the ukraine gov and need some more info. and the wall of light google has failed me :-( thought you guys would be more knowledgable in this area.. :oops:

[Switek]

Please do not piss this guy and do not start another flame war. His thesis is important matter. I'll try to participate later... Anyway I'd love to see mature dispute on it... I'm curious myself

[Jurpula]

Nothing here to see

[Doublethinker]

Well, in a nutshell, the country stays divided into the pro-Russian heavy industralized East and the pro-Western more nationalist West. And the same problem can be seen in the Ukrainian government - lack of national unity shows on the paralysis of the government with president Yuschenko upholding a pro-Western tradition and seeking closer contacts with NATO and EU, while the prime-minister Yanukovich is seen as a loyal supporter of pro-Russian stance. The Western part was traditionally dominated by Poles, Germans and Austro-Hungarians so it has closer historical ties with the West, while the Eastern part was historically dominated by the Russian Empire.


In fact Ukrainians, just like Byelorussians, emerged as nations with their own national identities only in the middle of the XXth century and whether their states will prove to be up to the challenge of unification of so seriously divided population (more in Ukrainian than in Byelorussian case) is still a problem.

[Igor01]

Well, in a nutshell, the country stays divided into the pro-Russian heavy industralized East and the pro-Western more nationalist West. And the same problem can be seen in the Ukrainian government - lack of national unity shows on the paralysis of the government with president Yuschenko upholding a pro-Western tradition and seeking closer contacts with NATO and EU, while the prime-minister Yanukovich is seen as a loyal supporter of pro-Russian stance. The Western part was traditionally dominated by Poles, Germans and Austro-Hungarians so it has closer historical ties with the West, while the Eastern part was historically dominated by the Russian Empire.


In fact Ukrainians, just like Byelorussians, emerged as nations with their own national identities only in the middle of the XXth century and whether their states will prove to be up to the challenge of unification of so seriously divided population (more in Ukrainian than in Byelorussian case) is still a problem.

That just about sums it up, although I'd note that the Western Ukraine is not really pro-Western as much as anti-Russian which may on the surface look like the same thing at times but it's really not (e.g. the Ukrainian nationalists love to call Poland Ukraine's natural ally versus supposed Russian imperial ambitions but if you touch upon the very sensitive history they will have a different opinion on Poland).

The biggest challange right now is the fact that there is no Ukrainian nation per se, the coming of age and formation of the common culture is still underway so no fraction can claim true popular support, be it the "orange" or the "blue" politicians.