This English text is CENSS’s translation of the article originally written by Vadym Chernysh, Head of CENSS Governing Council, and published in Ukrainian in Journal National Interests of Ukraine, 12(17), 2025, pp. 606–621 (doi:10.52058/3041-1793-2025-12(17)-606-621).
Chernysh expects Ukraine to recognize Kosovo after the end of the war
Ukrainian politician Vadym Chernysh has stated that he hopes that Ukraine will soon recognize the state of Kosovo, adding that there have been major discussions in public opinion recently.
Economic sanctions: how to use the instrument effectively
Published by the IA “Interfax-Ukraine” on February 2, 2024.
The question of how the US and other democracies can help Ukraine rebuff Russian aggression is closely related to economic sanctions or, expressed correctly, restrictive measures.
A strategic view on utilizing economic sanctions against Russia and its national entities must be likened to a well-known military strategy approach. Accordingly, ends, ways, and means should be core elements of such strategy, which I would prefer to name “Economic Sanction Strategy.” Yet another analogy could be taken into consideration – deterrence, which can be one either by punishment or by denial. “Economic” deterrence by denial is unfeasible regarding possible intervention by militarily near-peer states; the military instrument of national power matters in such a case. Детальніше