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ARTICLE | Ukraine Turns to Blueprint That Transformed Ex-Communist Europe
After clinching the first parliamentary majority in Ukraine’s modern history in July, Zelenskiy’s party will form a government in August. Control of the legislature allow it to pursue market-based economic policies that the likes of Poland and Hungary introduced two decades ago, even as those nations now seek more state sway.
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ARTICLE | “We Want To Simplify Ukraine”: Olga Onuch on Language and Political Preferences in Ukraine
“We keep focusing on language and we want to simplify Ukraine, draw this awful neat line that separates the country into two spaces,” Dr Olga Onuch says. “It hasn’t been that way for a while.”
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VIDEO | Dr Olga Onuch on Ukraine’s Parliamentary elections 2019
Dr. Olga Onuch, Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Manchester, Associate member of Nuffield College shares her expertise on Ukraine’s parliamentary elections 2019. According to the preliminary results, 5 political parties were elected to the 9th Convocation of the Verkhovna Rada – in particular, Servant of the People Party, the Opposition Platform – For Life, European Solidarity, Batkivshchyna and Holos.
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ARTICLE | Zelenskiy’s Golden Opportunity to Challenge the Oligarchs and Bring Real News to Ukraine’s Airwaves
Ukraine’s recent presidential election demonstrates that the country needs an effective independent public broadcaster more than ever. Presently, an overwhelming majority of Ukrainians get their news from TV, but all of the country’s biggest channels are owned by oligarchs.
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ARTICLE | Ukraine’s Hard Road to Europe
On the Maidan in 2014, demonstrators waived the Ukrainian flag and also the EU flag, even as they were being attacked and shot at. What did this mean? As Ukrainians explained to me later, the demonstrators were expressing their commitment to their nation, Ukraine, and simultaneously to Ukraine’s future as part of an undivided Europe.
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NEWS | UDI Director on 2019 Ukraine Elections at ABC News
Ukraine Democracy Initiative Director Dr Olga Oleinikova appeared in ABC News Weekend Breakfast Show, where she was interviewed about the 2019 Presidential Elections and the future of Ukraine.
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ARTICLE | Zelenskiy in charge – When reality goes beyond fiction
Ukraine is going through a transformation. Zelenskiy is only a part of it. Regardless of how long it takes, the critical driver of that change are the people: civil society activists, reformers, and ordinary citizens. Ukrainian citizens are not giving up on change and the international community needs to continue to support them and invest in civic education and local empowerment to support the momentum for reform.
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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 Elena Korosteleva says the latest election proves that might be changing. Zelenskiy’s victory may symbolise a closure of the (post-)Maidan spirit, which was ripped apart by the West/East ideological divide in Ukraine.
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ARTICLE | Lessons Learned: Co-Creation Developments in Ukraine
Ukraine celebrates over seven years of participation in the Open Government Partnership. During this time, it has adopted four and has implemented three national action plans. Some of these plans have included internationally recognized commitments, such as the e-procurement system ProZorro, the online civic monitoring platform DoZorro, and the e-asset declarations platform.
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ARTICLE | 2019 elections in Ukraine and the EU: through common challenges to common future
2019 Ukrainian presidential elections can become life-changing for the country. While many are trying to speculate on possible winners, our UDI Content Manager Alina Nychyk had a chance to get first-hand experience of communication with advisers to leading candidates. Below is the report from the event. The article was first published at Ukraine Liaison office… Read more »
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ARTICLE | Electronic Democracy Boom in Ukraine
The Revolution of Dignity has triggered participation, openness of authorities, and support by international organizations, which accelerated the advance of digital democracy in Ukraine. What forms of electronic democracy are introduced in Ukraine? Which can be counted successful?
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BOOK REVIEW | Democracy or the power of experts? A Review on “The New Authoritarianism” by Salvatore Babones
If authoritarianism is ideologically infamous, what should stand as its alternative? Salvatore Babones points that although liberalism might seem like an answer, it is a fluid concept with multiple interpretations, changing according to a political context. It might be the historical meaning of an individual’s dignity vis-a-via an absolute power.
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