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Brian Mefford

Brian Mefford is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank and the Director of Wooden Horse Strategies LLC, a governmental and public relations firm in Kyiv. He has lived and worked in Ukraine since 1999.

Brian Mefford

Situation in Russia’s war against Ukraine at beginning of May

Brian Mefford: CEC reform recommendations

Brian Mefford: James Bond – from Odesa with love

Brian Mefford: Tymoshenko and Kolomoisky score wins

Brian Mefford: Special elections & Health Ministry sickness

Brian Mefford: Special elections & CEC surprises

Brian Mefford: The Savchenko effect

Brian Mefford: Saakashvili comeback in Georgia?

Brian Mefford: Ukraine’s parliament is getting a facelift, but will it make a difference?

Brian Mefford: Central Election Commission shuffle & Parubiy’s parliamentary proposals

Brian Mefford: What would Ukraine’s parliament look like if elections were held today?

Brian Mefford: Polls, governor gaggle & Cabinet commentary

Brian Mefford: Yatsenyuk exits and Poroshenko’s visit to Washington, D.C.

Brian Mefford: The Groysman Cometh

Brian Mefford: Ides of March returns

Brian Mefford: Tyrannical tendencies – Ukraine’s new Jan. 16th law

Brian Mefford: Will prime minister’s post be International Women’s Day gift to Jaresko, …

Brian Mefford: Yatsenyuk’s gamble & tyrannical tendencies

Brian Mefford: Yatsenyuk’s ‘stay of execution’

Brian Mefford: The Abromavicius aftermath

Brian Mefford: Decentralization delayed or denied?

Brian Mefford: Eight predictions for 2016

Brian Mefford: Runoff rundown in Ukraine’s elections

Brian Mefford: Will Saakashvili’s defeat in Odesa be his Ukrainian Waterloo?

Brian Mefford: Kolomoisky is king again

Brian Mefford: Ukrainians eager to go to polls

Brian Mefford: Ukraine’s fall elections matter more than you think

Brian Mefford: End of the EuroMaidan honeymoon

Brian Mefford: Kremlin, Lyovochkin team up to harm Ukraine in Washington, D.C.

Brian Mefford: Why Saakashvili’s appointment as Odesa’s governor actually makes perfect …

Brian Mefford: The Achilles’ heel of Ukraine’s mighty oligarchs

Brian Mefford: Ukraine’s J. Edgar Hoover?

Brian Mefford: Did Kharkiv just become Russia’s next target in Ukraine war?

Brian Mefford: Eight oracles for Ukraine in 2015

Brian Mefford: Budgets, bandits and anti-corruption

Brian Mefford: Ukraine’s parliamentary winners, survivors and losers

Brian Mefford: Ukraine prepares to elect its most pro-European parliament in history

Brian Mefford: Polls, politics, parliamentary contests to watch on Oct. 26

Brian Mefford: Polls, politics & parliamentary races to watch

Brian Mefford: Ukraine update, Sept. 3, 2014 – the cease fire?

Brian Mefford: What if the Ukrainian parliamentary elections were today?

Brian Mefford: An update on key issues in Ukrainian politics

Brian Mefford: Reforming Ukraine’s electoral system

Brian Mefford: A satirical look at who’s up and who’s down in Ukrainian politics

Brian Mefford: Pre-election predictions

Brian Mefford: Russia’s annexation of Crimea & how it solidifies Ukraine’s European path

Brian Mefford: The third Russian annexation of Crimea

Vote for Mitt Romney: It is time for real change

Rearm, restore & reinstate but end ‘reset’

Yushchenko deserves achievement award

‘The Fall of the Soviet Union: 20 Years Later’ with Viktor Yushchenko at University of …

Odesa-style elections hurt Ukraine’s image

Odesa-style elections hurt Ukraine’s image