Ultimately, Zelensky sided neither with the reform camp nor with the military establishment as such, but with political control.
Balázs Jarábik
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Innovative forms of deliberative and participatory democracy from outside the West can inspire reform in European states.
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Richard Youngs is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, based at Carnegie Europe. He works on EU foreign policy and on issues of international democracy.
Ken Godfrey
Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy
Ken Godfrey isthe executive director of the European Partnership for Democracy.
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