Askold S. Lozynskyj

2 weeks ago | kyivpost.com | Askold S. Lozynskyj

I arrived in Lviv, a Ukrainian city of very beautiful Western architecture, founded by the Ukrainian King Danylo in 1256 and named after his son Lev. I like to irritate my Polish friends by reminding them that Lviv is one year older than the pearl of Poland, the city of Krakow. Lviv is marked not only by its old architecture but by the strong will of its people. I call it Ukrainian doggedness. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.

3 weeks ago | kyivpost.com | Askold S. Lozynskyj

I had the good fortune to lecture at two of the preeminent universities of Lviv. That is always a favorite part of my trips to Ukraine – a dialogue with students, which in my opinion offers an opportunity to see the future. I recently published an English language book entitled “Russian Crimes in Ukraine.” It had been published in the United States as well earlier and is available at various outlets.

3 weeks ago | eutoday.net | Askold S. Lozynskyj

9Newly elected President Karol Nawrocki represents a Poland long detested by its eastern neighbours. For Ukrainians, it is the Poland of Dictator Josef Pilsudski  before the war. Even worse,  the Communist party in 1947 attempted to ethnically cleanse the newly acquired territories of Eastern Poland of Ukrainians living there for centuries and forcibly resettle them on newly acquired German lands. Being a Ukrainian in Communist Poland was very difficult. There is no way to sugar coat this.

1 month ago | kyivpost.com | Askold S. Lozynskyj

Morality is perhaps the least utilized consideration in political activity. Politics is fundamentally the art of the possible and is only very rarely influenced by moral or ethical factors. This does not mean that there have never been principled, honest and moral politicians in world history. However, such politicians were rare. This is perhaps because such factors as morality and ethics sometimes negatively affect success, which is measured in self-aggrandizement.

1 month ago | kyivpost.com | Askold S. Lozynskyj

The People’s Republic of China is one of the most powerful and complex countries in the world. To understand even its name and essence is a major undertaking. Is it communist? No one can answer with certainty. Perhaps the best description is that it is a capitalist state under full state authoritarian control. How it can be considered a people’s republic when democracy is non-existent is one of the conundrums of politics.