In spring 2022, Opportunity America’s president, Tamar Jacoby, traveled to Eastern Europe to provide humanitarian relief for refugees and report on the war in Ukraine. In February 2023, she was named director of the New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute.

ARTICLES

 MAGA isolationists, in their own words The Bulwark, 3-27-24
 America’s fleeting chance to resume leadership The Bulwark, 2-9-24
Ukrainians react to Republican dithering on aid Washington Monthly, 1-30-24
As the mood darkens in Ukraine, the majority still oppose negotiation The Hill, 1-25-24
Will Ukraine’s refugees want to go back home? Wall Street Journal, 1-11-24
Why the US must stay the course in Ukraine New York Post, 12-9-23

Kyiv’s dark moment and America’s fateful choice 
Los Angeles Times, 11-13-23
Why are Europe and America taking opposite approaches to Ukraine? The Messenger , 11-11-23
Not so quiet on Ukraine’s southern front Washington Monthly, 11-10-23
How to think about Ukraine’s war on corruption The Bulwark, 9-8-23
Ukraine’s other front: The war on corruption Washington Monthly, 7-17-23
Ukraine sees the EU as a beacon of freedom The Bulwark, 6-22-23
Ukrainian culture thrives despite war with Russia New York Post, 5-27-23
What Ukraine’s soldiers say they’re fighting for Wall Street Journal, 5-25-23
Why Ukraine fights The Bulwark, 4-12-23
The Battle of Irpin Liberties, spring 2023
Safeguarding Ukraine’s civil society American Purpose, 2-28-23
How Ukrainians are learning to live with the war sirens New York Post, 2-27-23
After Biden’s visit to Kyiv, Ukrainians welcome US aid but plead for more Washington Monthly, 2-22-23
Ukraine displaced American Purpose, 1-10-23
A Ukrainian Jew serving on the frontlines tells his history Forward, 12-27-22
Kyiv’s answer to Putin’s drones is resistance and resilience Los Angeles Times, 11-3-22
Living in limbo: Displaced Ukrainians in Poland Migration Policy Institute Migration Information Source, 11-2-22
A collective portrait of the Ukrainian refugee experience RealClearBooks, 10-24-22
Ukrainian refugees tell their stories City Journal, 10-7-22
Poland’s schools welcome Ukraine’s children Wall Street Journal, 9-22-22
The West has no business pushing Ukraine to compromise with Putin Los Angeles Times, 7-1-22
Mobilizing to win: Ukrainian civil society pitches in for the war effort City Journal, 4-21-22
The volunteers who rushed to help Ukrainians Wall Street Journal, 4-14-22
The unfathomable Ukraine refugee crisis New York Daily News, 3-26-22

POLICY BRIEFS

Ukraine’s other front: The war on corruption Progressive Policy Institute, September 2023
Mapping Ukrainian civicness abroad: A case study of Poland by Karolina Czerska-Shaw and Tamar Jacoby, PeaceRep, April 2023

BOOK

DISPLACED: THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEE EXPERIENCE
Introduction
Sample sketch

THE NEW UKRAINE PROJECT

Website
Press release

MEDIA

Ukraine and National Security Hudson Institute and Progressive Policy Institute, 12-1-23
The prospects for US aid to Ukraine interview with New Eastern Europe, 2-28-24
The Big Picture with Stu Eisendrath WCPT 820 radio interview, 2-17-24
Capital Tonight NC with Tim Boyum Spectrum 1, 2-14-24
Conversation with Zelensky biographer Simon Shuster,  Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall, 2-29-24
The Future of Ukraine European Liberal Forum, 11-24-23
Ukraine Unmuted Lviv Institute of Cultural Strategy, 10-26-23

Is Ukraine interested in fighting corruption? American Enterprise Institute, Eastern Front podcast, 10-17-23
Building a New Ukraine
Center for New Liberalism, The Neoliberal Podcast, 7-11-23
Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches one year
 Gray TV Local News Live, 2-28-23
The new phase of Ukraine’s refugee crisis American Enterprise Institute, Eastern Front podcast, 10-3-22
Displaced: The Ukrainian Refugee Experience Krakow Multiculturalism and Migration Observatory, 9-28-22
Ask Me Anything Krakow Jewish Community Center, 10-13-22
Ask Me Anything Krakow Jewish Community Center, 4-21-22
Love the Stranger Florence Melton School, 7-21-22