Assessing the Role of the United States and the European Union in Democracy Promotion in Ukraine
Journal: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year: 2019

Both the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are involved in democracy promotion efforts across the world. This thesis examines how each employs its own approach for doing so, and how effective these approaches have been during two different phases of Ukrainian democracy. Although the approaches are complementary and both play a positive role for democracy in Ukraine, they have each been more effective during different phases. During Ukraine's latest transition phase, known as the Ora