The Pain of Ukraine Is Largely Forgotten

The nation needs to move to a modern, Western-style democracy

Ukrainian marines prepare to train in urban warfare techniques on the second day of the 'Rapid Trident' bilateral military exercises between the United States and Ukraine that include troops from a variety of NATO and non-NATO countries, near Yavorov, Ukraine, on Sept. 16, 2014. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Approximately a year ago, David Kilgour and I examined the circumstances then extant in Ukraine.

I noted that the West seemed unable to do the diplo-political equivalent of “walk and chew gum at the same time.” That is, we batten on the crisis de jour with the frenzy of preteens obsessing of the latest musical performer (immediately forgetting the obsession of the previous year).