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Citizens need to be strong and pursue democracy and justice where institutions fail.

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Strength is better than resilience – my lessons from Lviv

I am not one for New Year’s resolutions – joyless pledges to drink less coffee and to say no to cheesecake. Instead, I started the year by fulfilling a big wish: visiting Ukraine. I visited Kyiv last time in 2022, after Russia had started its big, horrible war.

The years since have been filled with discussi...

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

Citizens need to be strong and pursue democracy and justice where institutions fail.

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

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