Why has Ukraine succeeded in being a democracy contrary to Belarus, Russia, and the majority of post-Soviet states? How is it able to keep going as one, despite the ongoing war against Russia? This was the topic of a recent conference at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), one of the few academic institutions harboring a Ukrainian studies program. We bring you its main highlights.
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Bohdan Ben: Why is Ukraine a democracy, contrary to Russia and Belarus?
People wave the Ukrainian flag, almost 30 meters in length, was stretched out in Kyiv’s downtown Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square, on National Flag Day on August 23, 2020.
