Prof. Olexiy Haran

Research Advisor of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Professor of Comparative Politics at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy

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9 December 2023

Democracy at war: what Ukrainians think

While Ukrainian citizens’ resistance has surprised the world, it has not been seen as a miracle by Ukrainians themselves, who since 2014 have been involved in volunteer movements and knew well what aggression means. Despite the inevitable concentration of power during the war-time martial law, there is a widespread belief among Ukrainian experts that there would be no monopolisation of power. Analysis of the changes that occurred within Ukrainian society between 2014 and 2022 testifies that Ukrainians are fighting not only for national freedom, but that they reject Russian authoritarianism, and nationalistic revisionism.

Read more about this topic in the article by Dr., Prof. Oleksiy Haran, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, published in Ukraine Analytica.

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Oligarch diplomacy ruins Ukraine’s energy security

The country’s oligarchs seek to bypass official foreign policy channels

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Constructing a Political Nation: Changes in the Attitudes of Ukrainians during the War in the Donbas

Edited by Olexiy Haran and Maksym Yakovlyev

The search for ways to restore Ukraine’s sovereignty over the occupied Donbas: public opinion on the eve of the parliamentary elections

This nationwide study was conducted on June 13-20, 2019.

Results of regional public opinion poll in Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Regional public opinion poll was conducted between February 18 – March 2, 2020.

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