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Gio Kobakhidze

Gio Kobakhidze is Deputy Country Director at IFES Ukraine, a leading authority on electoral management and the strengthening of democratic institutions.

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Peter Erben, Gio Kobakhidze: Winning the peace through democratic progress in post-war Ukraine

by Peter Erben, Gio Kobakhidze
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published by the Atlantic Council on Oct. 19, 2022. The Kyiv Independent has republished the article with permission. The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, punctuated recently by Ukrainian advances and Russian drone attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure far beyond the front lines, is not only a criminal assau