Blue &Yellow: Politics and Economics in Ukraine

Article about Ukraine, its main focus is about Ukraine and NATO. The author, James Sherr, asks what Ukraine would do if it didn't get into the alliance's MAP later this year or in 2009.
Interesting little nugget about how realistic are Ukraine's chances of opting for neutrality if there is no MAP

Will Ukraine’s neutrality be consistent with its eventual membership of the European Union? For the overwhelming majority of the country, the natural answer is ‘yes’. But do they understand that the old, simplistic notion, ‘NATO does security, the EU does economics’, no longer corresponds to reality

However, earlier in the article he discusses some of the major turning points in post-independence Ukraine.

In contrast, the Orange ideologists, particularly those of the presidential wing, have a strong national tradition, and most of them are convinced democrats. But they lack a state tradition and the managerial and professional instincts that accompany it. Their understanding of government is personalised rather than institutionalised, their inner circles of decision-making are inbred, and their public and personal interests intertwined rather than demarcated.

Who is he referring to in this piece? I didn't realize there were Orange ideologists, does he mean Baloha? My impression of the president and his men is that they lean toward strong presidential control with a weak parliament (quasi liberal authoritarian regime). You can read the rest here.