Ukraine

At the invitation of Swedish MEP Karin Karlsbro, SCEEUS analyst Klara Lindström participated in breakfast discussion on Ukraine’s domestic politics and reforms in the European Parliament. Together with fellow speakers Inna Nelles (German-Ukrainian Bureau) and Maryna Yaroshevych (Foreign Policy Council Ukra...

Read the original press release in Swedish here .  The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) has appointed Matteo Mecacci as Director of the European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK). Established by UI through the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) at UI, EPIK is the first Eur...

On Monday 27 April, SCEEUS, in cooperation with the Prague Civil Society Centre, co-hosted a panel discussion with representatives from leading Ukrainian independent media outlets ahead of World Press Freedom Day.  The panel, moderated by George Leech, Director of Outreach and Communications at the Prague...

On 31 March, a new chapter in European-Ukrainian collaboration began in Kyiv with the opening of the European Policy Institute (EPIK), launched by Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius, and Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Pres...

Earlier this week, SCEEUS organised a working lunch in Kyiv together with Ukrainian partners Centre of  Policy and Legal Reform and Ukrainian Centre for European Policy to discuss the country’s public administration reform (PAR). The recent co-written SCEEUS article  on PAR as the foundation of Ukraine’s...

On December 5, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) held their annual Ukraine-Moldova Development Day conference. Photo: SCEEUS The conference gathered a series of panels discussing Ukraine and Moldova’s paths toward EU membership. Topics of discussion ranged from macroeconomics issue...

Photo: Klara Lindström Zakarpattia is a multinational, multilingual Ukrainian region with a history of shifting state affiliations. It embodies Ukraine’s European identity and refutes claims that minority rights are disregarded in the country. While Ukraine’s bilateral relations with neighbouring s...

China’s role in relation to Ukraine, and not least the approach of Beijing to playing a role in the Ukrainian economy is a topic that has not received much attention. Looking ahead, understanding China’s ambitions, Ukraine’s needs and the broader ramifications of Chinese-Ukrainian ties will be important as...

Quick Impressions: Kyiv, May 2025  

Holding Russia accountable for its war crimes in Ukraine must remain a policy priority.