“Middle-aged and older protesters have not been presented well in analyses today,” Onuch said. “In addition, many key protest leaders were from the center and eastern portions of the country.”

With Yanukovich’s government now out of office, the rest of the seminar centered on what lies in store for Ukraine, especially in terms of foreign relations.

“Foreign policy is what fueled the protests in the first place, and there’s a new force for the country’s foreign policy: the people,” Kravets said. “I hope Ukrainian policy will become more procedure-based and not oligarchy-based.”

Domanski, who worked with the EU’s delegation to Ukraine, emphasized the need for the Union’s involvement in the country now.

“The EU inability to play hardball means it entered the geopolitical game with Russia without the necessary tools,” he said. “Now, going forward Ukraine needs economic assistance and political will from the EU.”

Colton also stressed the importance of Russia’s continued financial support for Ukraine.

“Russia has sustained a major loss, and it doesn’t quite know what to do,” he said. “If the Russians are thinking straight, they will continue to give money to Ukraine even with Yanukovich gone in order to maintain the country’s stability and their influence in it.”

—Staff writer Michael Avi-Yonah can be reached at michael.aviyonah@thecrimson.com.