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Josh Cohen

Josh Cohen is a former USAID project officer involved in managing economic reform projects in the former Soviet Union. He contributes to a number of foreign policy-focused media outlets and tweets at @jkc_in_dc.

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The Historian Whitewashing Ukraine’s Past

Volodymyr Viatrovych is erasing the country’s racist and bloody history — stripping pogroms and ethnic cleansing from the official archives.

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Smart Privatization Can Save Ukraine

How can Kiev save its moribund economy? By breaking the bonds between companies and the state.

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Dear Ukraine: Please Don’t Shoot Yourself in the Foot

A controversial new law sends the wrong signals about the past and threatens free speech.

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The Other Front in Ukraine’s War for Survival

Ukraine needs a win in its negotiations with foreign investors just as much as victory on the battlefield.

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Ukraine Can’t Afford the IMF’s ‘Shock Therapy’

Economic austerity ruined post-Soviet countries in the 1990s. Why are the same policies being forced on Ukraine today?

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Here’s How Ukraine Can Take Charge of its Fate: By Declaring Neutrality

After a March 3 conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel famously described him as "having lost touch with reality." But looking ...

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