The Constitutional Process in Ukraine

Dominik Tolksdorf is a Transatlantic Post-doctoral Fellow for International Relations and Security (TAPIR) at the U.S. Institute of Peace. His research focuses on the European Union and politics in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. For this Peace Brief, he conducted interviews in Kyiv, Brussels and Washington. The Geneva agreement of April, signed by representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the European Union and the United States, stipulates a constitutional process and the immediate establishment of a broad national dialogue in Ukraine. This article examines the main issues in the constitutional process and outlines possible procedures.