Tailoring
The Next Ukrainian Government
A lot is being
made of a hacked telephone conversation between The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Ms Victoria
Nuland, and the U.S. Ambassador to The Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt.
The conversation was
between Ms Nuland and U.S. Ambassador Pyatt.
The call can be listened to at:
Having listened to the extract
as far as I could hear there is nothing amiss.
It's a perfectly mature
assessment about making arrangements for the smooth transition of The
Ukraine from a totalitarian Russian-style model towards a democratic
open society.
What is being discussed is the
basis or framework for a process of transition.
Ms Nuland's comments about the
EU are rather direct, but very honest.
She pulls no punches with
expressing her frustration at the EU - as it has it's own local
agenda for the direction of The Ukraine within the firm framework of
the European monetary and political structure.
What is interesting is the
impact of media scrutiny (and thus public opinion) on the private
lives (and inter-personal working relationships) of potential senior public figures in today's political world in open societies in contrast to the situation existing in Russia where the public are oblivious to internal dissent in senior political hierarchical levels - as their own media does not inform them.
Even the hint of a potential
scandal (or personality conflicts leading to 'separations' ) in the West and in the United States is bad news and the basis for colleagues persuading potential political candidates to excuse
themselves until matters in question are fully settled and resolved.
Thankfully there are still
individuals like Nuland and Pyatt with the maturity of vision and
perception to assist and advise The Ukraine and it's fledgling democracy
during these turbulent days as it too breaks free of the Iron
Curtain.
Patrick Emek
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26072281