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OPINION: Ukraine between Scylla of autocracy and Charybdis of oligarchy
11 November 2021
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OPINION: Ukraine between Scylla of autocracy and Charybdis of oligarchy

By Gennadiy Druzenko, CCD Cofounder & Chairman of the Board The dilemma of oligarchy vs. autocracy, which Ukraine is faced with once again, is analyzed. Having the main features of the two systems briefly described, it is argued that both alternatives are dead-ends. Still, Ukraine has a chance to avoid these Scylla and Charybdis on […]

“Guns without books are just violence. Books without guns don’t make a difference in the long run” – David Williams
29 October 2021
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“Guns without books are just violence. Books without guns don’t make a difference in the long run” – David Williams

The Nash Format club has uploaded to YouTube a video of its free-for-all meeting with Prof. David Williams at the club’s premises in Kyiv. The meeting was part of his visit to Ukraine in early October at the invitation of the Center for Constitutional Design. During the Revolution of Dignity, the Nash Format facilities were […]

Prof. Williams reads a lecture on Constitutional Revolutions in memoriam Andriy Meleshevych (updated)
25 October 2021
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Prof. Williams reads a lecture on Constitutional Revolutions in memoriam Andriy Meleshevych (updated)

On Oct. 25, on the Zoom platform, Prof. David Williams, head of the Indiana University Center for Constitutional Democracy, read a lecture on Constitutional Revolutions. The American professor, one of the world’s leading constitutionalists, dedicated the lecture to the memory of Andriy Meleshevych, the third president of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, with […]

Head of the Indiana University’s Center for Constitutional Democracy David Williams: “There is a great danger of having absolute power concentrated in the hands of incumbent President Zelensky”
18 October 2021
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Head of the Indiana University’s Center for Constitutional Democracy David Williams: “There is a great danger of having absolute power concentrated in the hands of incumbent President Zelensky”

By Inna Vedernikova, ZN,UA Politics Department Editor Джерело: ZN,UA, Oct. 18, 2021 Conspirologists of anonymous Telegram channels have already named a key U.S. constitutionalist’s visit to Ukraine as a kind of secret mission. According to the “initiates,” after Prof. Williams, President Biden’s familiar, met judges of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts of Ukraine, the latter’s […]

“Poland is playing with fire”: the law primacy controversy with the EU is nearing a dangerous line
10 October 2021
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“Poland is playing with fire”: the law primacy controversy with the EU is nearing a dangerous line

Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has decided that the Treaty on European Union provisions that make EU law superior to that of a member state are incompatible with the Polish Constitution. Although the position in the confrontation with the EU of the Poles themselves is far from being unanimous, this CT decision was officially supported by Hungary. […]

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