Populism! No topic has been discussed so willingly and by so many VoxUkraine authors – we have already published more than ten articles (which is indirect proof of how relevant the topic is). Yet, most of the content dealt with “Western” problems. It wasn’t easy to find an expert who would have profound, yet not stereotypical ideas about Ukrainian populism. But we managed to. Our remarkable guest was Mykhailo Minakov, Principal Investigator on Ukraine at the Kennan Institute. In less than 50 minutes Mykhailo presented the whole anthology of Ukrainian populism, offered substantial and bright descriptions of the main “players”, nature, “fuel”, aims, instruments and essence of Ukrainian populist policy.
Western media and experts have long been worried – everyone and their mother have published regular or even front page articles titled “Rise of populism”, “Renaissance of populism”. But if we speak about Ukraine specifically: are we experiencing more populism or is this the result of “hot” topic?
