The Bright Side of Shame

Something we already knew, but not really

(Clockwise from top left: Atlantic Council Deputy Director Melinda Haring, Atlantic Council Eurasia Center Senior Fellow Andrian Karatnycky, Atlantic Council Resident Fellow Anders Aslund and ex-Minister of Economic Trade, Development and Agriculture Dr. Tymofiy Mylovanov)

It was definitely not some form of self-loathing that drove these four experts to talk more than an hour about Ukraine during the video conference titled “Zelensky at home: One year of economic reform?” on May 15. The event was sponsored by the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, the stated aim of which is to promote policies that strengthen stability, democratic values, and prosperity in Eurasia.

Karatnycky said in his opening statement that it’s difficult to assess what Zelensky is all about. Twice.

Anders concurred, noting the absence of a government program.

“A serious concern is that there is no government program. We thought there was sort of a government program, until he [Zelensky] changed the government on…