1、 2022 IAIISSN 2532-6570IAI COMMENTARIES 22|22-MAY 20221Hadas Aron is a visiting assistant professor at New York Universitys Center for European and Mediterranean Studies specialising on populism,nationalism,democracy,and European politics.Emily Holland is an assistant professor at the Russian Mariti
2、me Studies Institute at the US Naval War College,specialising in Russian foreign policy,the geopolitics of energy and European politics.During a recent night-time address to the Ukrainian people,president Volodymyr Zelensky proclaimed that Kyiv is now“the capital of global democracy,the capital of t
3、he struggle for freedom for all on the European continent”.1 Zelensky has been a powerful communicator throughout Russias war against Ukraine.His speeches paint a stark picture:the darkness of Russian dictatorship marching over Ukraine to extinguish the beacon of liberal democracy.The world is watch
4、ing the alliance of liberalism and nationalism in Ukraines struggle for survival.These two ideas were the defining ideology of foundational struggles 1 Ukrainian Presidency,Kyiv Is Now the Capital of Global Democracy,the Capital of the Struggle for Freedom for All in Europe-Address by President Volo