Katharine Quinn-Judge Former Senior Analyst, EU Eastern Neighborhood Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 In The News 6 Apr 2021 This doesn’t necessarily mean there will be a major escalation [between Ukraine and Russia]. But we should still be worried because it’s a symptom of the deadlock in the peace process. Bloomberg Katharine Quinn-Judge Former Senior Analyst, EU Eastern Neighborhood Latest Updates Podcast / Europe & Central Asia 29 September 2020 War & Peace: Rethinking an End to Ukraine’s Costly War Ceasefire pledges have surfaced and frayed repeatedly over the six years of war in Ukraine’s Donbas region. Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Ukraine Katharine Quinn-Judge joins Olga Oliker and Hugh Pope this week to explain why and at what socio-economic costs to civilians on either side of the front line. Op-Ed / Europe & Central Asia 17 April 2020 Peace in Ukraine: A Promise yet to Be Kept Last May, President Volodymyr Zelensky took office promising to end the then-five-year old war with Russia. As his administration approaches its one-year anniversary, however, Zelensky’s peacebuilding efforts face backlash in Kyiv, skepticism in Moscow, and hostility in the Russian-backed breakaways in Donbass. Originally published in ISPI Q&A / Europe & Central Asia 11 September 2019 Ukraine-Russia Prisoner Swap: Necessary, Not Sufficient A long-awaited prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia marks a positive development in their bilateral relationship. Both countries should now build on their recent progress to implement the 2014-2015 Minsk agreements, the surest path to ending the war in eastern Ukraine. Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 19 April 2019 A Shadow over Ukraine’s Presidential Election With Ukraine’s establishment forecasting doom after the presidential runoff, the far right’s influence on politics is impossible to ignore. Its resurgence is both a symptom and a cause of the country’s ills: there is less daylight between it and the political mainstream than either admits. Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 20 March 2018 To Reunite Ukraine, Kyiv Must Overcome Its Own Prejudices Four years after Russia’s invasion, psychological barriers are compounding the physical divisions of Ukraine. While many Ukrainians have turned to the West, millions of conflict-affected citizens are being excluded, creating new obstacles to any eventual reintegration of the country.