Last month, International IDEA released a GSoD in Focus report, Supporting Ukraine’s Democracy After the War, which argues sustainable support for Ukraine requires centering and providing respectful support to Ukraine’s democratic institutions.

Russia’s war of choice has wrought enormous infrastructural and human damage across Ukraine. The international community broadly accepts the necessity of providing significant financial and technical assistance for reconstruction in Ukraine. But equally vital is the provision of concomitant support for Ukraine’s work to preserve and reconstruct its democracy and democratic institutions on its own terms.