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Ukraine at the Tipping Point
ResumeSupporters of Prime Minister Yanukovich, who has claimed victory, are threatening to secede if the Moscow-backed candidate is not sworn in. Backers of the opposition candidate Victor Yushchenko have threatened to physically obstruct the current President's movements if their demands are not met.
Hear a discussion on how a Ukraine at the tipping point could affect stability in the region and U.S. foreign policy.
Guests:
David Holley, Moscow correspondent for the Los Angeles Times;
Gene Fishel, expert on the Ukraine at the US Department of State;
Yohanan Ivan Petrovsky, assistant professor of history at Northwestern University, native to Ukraine, former professor at Ukraine Kyiv Shevchenko University;
Michael McFaul, fellow at the Hoover Institution, associate professor of political science at Stanford University and a non-resident associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, co-author of Between Dictatorship and Democracy: Russian Post-Communist Political Reform.
This program aired on November 29, 2004.