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Nishant Lalwani

Nishant Lalwani is the CEO and co-founder of the International Fund for Public Interest Media, which aims to bolster support for independent media.

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Lalwani, Ressa: Tyranny's propagandists are winning

Editor’s Note: The following article was published by Project Syndicate on March 30, 2023, and has been republished by the Kyiv Independent with permission. The opinions expressed in our op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent. SEOUL/THE HAGUE – If democracy had its own doomsday clock, it would be at two minutes to midnight. According to the most recent analysis by Varieties of Democracy (known as V-Dem), 72% of the world’s populati