Liudmyla Yankina: Our greatest strength is that we transform survival into innovation. We create new initiatives. To support Ukrainian civil society is to strengthen global democracy.

Revisionist powers are seeking to rewrite international rules, testing international law, seeking to dominate debates, says
Federica d'Alessandra.

An illiberal international order, facilitated by authoritarian regimes, is not auspicious for democracy.

Sara Ajlyakin: Investment in civil society is expensive, but worth it. In this transitional period, it is vital for us not to slide back in the chaos. If transition is possible in a country like Syria, where the situation looked bleak for 12 years, it is possible everywhere.

If we look into the propaganda machinery of authoritarian regimes, they say democracy is messy, slow and inefficient. They are right. But there is nothing better than democracy to protect people, says @pomianowski.bsky.social