Democracy in the 21st Century

After World War II, the discourse around democracy, and its realisation, took root in various geographic contexts. However, the exploration of democracy, and its form, is an ongoing global exercise. In this section, we explore global democratic trends, changes, mobilsations, and the dynamic vistas of democracy in the present day.

 

ARTICLE | Digital Democracy Database

This evolving project is designed to identify and analyse cases of digital democracy aspiring to...
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13 February, 2021

ARTICLE | Kyrgyzstan’s complex crisis: What you need to know in 500 words

Unrest following a disputed parliamentary election has resulted in a power vacuum, and significant...
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11 October, 2020

ARTICLE | Internet Voting: Challenges and Solutions

By UDI Associate Dmytro Khutkyy. Digital technologies provide the public with the multitude of more...
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01 September, 2020

ARTICLE | Iran shot down a Ukrainian plane. How did Ukraine respond?

On Jan. 8, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed minutes after taking off from Tehran,...
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21 January, 2020

ARTICLE | NATO’S NUCLEAR STRATEGY: CHANGING CONCEPT OR CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES?

The article was originally published at EUROPEAN POLITICAL AND LAW DISCOURSE. By UDI Associate...
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26 September, 2019

ARTICLE | “We Want To Simplify Ukraine”: Olga Onuch on Language and Political Preferences in Ukraine

The article was originally published by Hromadske International. Russian has long been widely used...
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27 July, 2019

ARTICLE | Zelenskiy in charge – When reality goes beyond fiction

The article was originally published by European Policy Centre by Svitlana Kobzar (Programme Officer...
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09 May, 2019

ARTICLE | A Comedian, a President, and a Prime Minister: The 2019 presidential election in Ukraine

Ukrainian politics has been dominated by debates over whether to align with Russia or the EU, but...
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18 April, 2019

BOOK REVIEW | Democracy or the power of experts? A Review on “The New Authoritarianism” by Salvatore Babones

The review was originally published at Commons. By UDI Assosiate Dmytro Khytkyy. This provocative...
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22 January, 2019

NEWS | UDI Workshop at University of Oxford

On 25-26th October, Ukraine Democracy Initiative in partnership with European Studies Centre, St...
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01 December, 2018

INTERVIEW | Baroness Beverley Hughes about women in politics

Baroness Beverley Hughes, a UK politician from Labour Party, was member of the British Parliament...
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01 December, 2018

ARTICLE | ‘A horror story’: history of Chernobyl nuclear disaster wins Baillie Gifford prize

A Harvard history professor’s “haunting” account of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which...
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18 November, 2018