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Expert Insight: Ukraine's unwavering resolve to fight for democracy
Western News
By Kadie Ward, Special to Western News
February 25, 2022
History is damning when it repeats itself.
Dec. 11, 2013, I landed in Kyiv, Ukraine, in the midst of the Euromaidan Revolution. My work with Ukraine started eighteen months prior, as I worked with local and oblast (provincial) governments to support its post-Soviet transformation. This included working with state and locally elected officials to transition from a centralized political and economic system to a decentralized governance structure, much like Canada’s federation of provinces, and support the development of an open market economy.
What was meant to be a quick trip to wrap up some projects before the holidays unintentionally evolved into witnessing and participating in nationwide Maidan activities that shaped the next eight years of my work and life, and the politics of war and peace in Ukraine (continue reading).
