If one had to choose a solitary event as the signal moment of 2014, it would have to be Ukraine’s self-liberation. But the story is hardly finished as the year draws to a close. Here is the Ukraine scorecard so far:

Petro Poroshenko. The way history has of taking hold of an individual and, as André Malraux said, lifting him above himself, making him greater than he was, is a sign that we are witnessing crucial historical events. I saw the alchemy occur in the 1970s when Mujibur Rahman rose to the leadership of an independent...