Post-Euromaidan Ukraine. Domestic Power Struggles and War of National Survival in 2014–2022

Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
	Previous Studies of Ukraine
	Conceptual Clarification of the Political
	What This Book is About
	The Plan of the Book
1. Ukraine as a “Failed State”
	A Review of the Literature
	The Failed State’s Failure
	The Failed State as Mission
	Susan Woodward’s Critique
	Post-Soviet State Failure
2. Ukraine through the Lens of Comparative Politics
	Comparative Politics: The Leading Approaches
	Transitology
	The End of Transitology
	Electoral or Competitive Authoritarianism
	Henry Hale’s Patronalism
	Informal Politics
3. The Presidency of Petro Poroshenko 2014-19
	Appointments and Disappointments
	Poroshenko’s Relations with Other Institutions
	Poroshenko’s Institutional Changes
	The ACAs
	The DBR/SBI
	The Anti-Corruption Court
	The National Police
	De-Oligarchization
	Conclusion—Poroshenko’s Reward
4. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Presidency 2019-22
	Zelenskyy the Messenger
	Zelenskyy as Patron
	Zelenskyy as Law-Maker
	Relations with Other Institutions
	Judicial Reform
	The Prosecutor-General’s Office
	The SBU, the DBR/SBI, and Intelligence
	The (Ir)replaceable Interior Minister and the National Police
	Curbing Informal Practices
	Corruption and Anti-Corruption
	Controlling Oligarchs
	Conclusion
5. Russia’s Genocidal War of Aggression against Ukraine
	Russia Intervenes in Crimea and the Donbas
	Minsk Agreements and Disagreements
	Poroshenko as Diplomat- and Commander-in-Chief
	Volodymyr Zelenskyy—Diplomat and Defender
	Putin’s War
	When Will the War End?
	Mearsheimer and the War
	Anticipating an End to the War
	Ukraine and the War
	Politics Never Sleeps
	Conclusion
6. Conclusion
	On Patronal Politics in Post-2014 Ukraine
	Poroshenko’s Presidency
	Zelenskyy’s Presidency
	On Putin’s War
	War’s Impact on Ukraine
	Ukraine and the World
Bibliography
	Books and book chapters
	Websites
	Newspapers, news sites, and newsmagazines
	Miscellaneous
	Conference paper
Index