Since gaining independence in 1991 why has Ukraine remained in a state of perpetual crisis management?

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: How Lithuania was able to severe tie with Russia, post-independence, compared to Ukraine?
Lithuania’s Unified Identity
Lithuania’s Aversion to Kleptocratic-Oligarchy
Lithuania’s Policy of Energy Diversification
Lithuania’s Security Post-Independence

Chapter 2: The Kravchuk-Kuchma era (1991-2005)
The Rise of Ukraine’s Nationalist President: Leonid Kravchuk (1991-1994)
Kravchuk’s impact on Security and Identity
The Rise of Ukraine’s Corruption President: Leonid Kuchma (1994-2005)
Kuchma’s impact on Dependency
Kuchma’s Kleptocratic Clan

Chapter 3: The Yushchenko-Yanukovych era (2005-2014)
The Rise of Ukraine’s Reformist President: Viktor Yushchenko (2005-2010)
Yushchenko’s Gas Wars with Russia
Yushchenko’s Security Ambition
Identity in the context of the Orange Revolution
The Rise of Ukraine’s Murder-in-chief: Viktor Yanukovych (2010-2014)
Yanukovych’s impact on Kleptocratic-Oligarchy

Conclusion

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