What happened to the concept of ‘Eastern Ukraine’? Civic nationalism, orientation towards Europe and the importance of Ukraine in the European family of nation states. Taras Kuzio is a leading international expert on contemporary Ukrainian and post-communist politics, nationalism and European integration at the Centre for Political and Regional Studies, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta and Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR), School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.