# TCUP Commentary Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 38 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-A sort list grid\_view ## 38 results [### The Street as a Second Chamber: Why Ukrainians Are Protesting Again, and What It Says About Democracy During Wartime ](/street-second-chamber-why-ukrainians-are-protesting-again-and-what-it-says-about-democracy-during)On the morning of July 16, 2026, a veteran named Dmytro Koziatynskyi called people to Kyiv’s Ivan Franko Square, a strip of pavement a few minutes’ walk from the presidential office, and they arrived holding torn box-flaps lettered by hand. ![Protest in Kyiv’s Ivan Franko Square. Photo by Anastasiia Tykha](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-08/vlasenko-franko-sq-protest.png?itok=4rssa3tm) [### Zelensky’s Anti-Corruption Missteps: Experts Respond ](/zelenskys-anti-corruption-missteps-experts-respond) On July 22, 2025, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky signed Law 12414 following its passage in the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament). This legislation targeted Ukraine’s two most important anti-corruption bodies—the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of... ![law protest](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/law-protest-1000w.jpg?itok=mv-gSn_t) [### Importance of the Heritage and Decolonization Efforts: Reflection on Keynote Lecture by Dora Chomiak ](/importance-heritage-and-decolonization-efforts-reflection-keynote-lecture-dora-chomiak)I am honored to be Ukrainian. Even though I have been studying abroad for two years already, my admiration and dedication to my nation have been constant motivators to find ways to raise awareness about Ukraine, its people, and its culture abroad—even in... ![tcup conference 2024 poster](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/tcupconf2024logo.png?h=9d4c1bff&itok=acDs02F2) [### Zelensky's Peace Summit - Experts Respond ](/june-peace-summit) Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hosted a Peace Summit in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, on June 15-16, 2024. The Summit was attended by representatives of 92 countries and eight international organizations, and its result was a Joint Communiqué on a... ![TCUP logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/TCUP%20600x450.png?itok=p6yuW1Zb) [### A New World Order: Reflections on Panel 1 of the "Rebuilding Ukraine, Rebuilding the World" Conference ](/new-world-order-reflections-panel-1-rebuilding-ukraine-rebuilding-world-conference) by Karolina Naidon Karolina Naidon is a Vassar College freshman born and raised in Dnipro city, Ukraine. She is a finalist and co-mentor in Ukraine Global Scholars, a non-profit that helps Ukrainian students to apply to top institutions worldwide, and a... ![Panel 1: A New World Order](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/panel_cover1.jpg?itok=-DIZd-BF) [### Voices of Ukraine: Storytelling in Rebuilding Ukraine and the World ](/voices-ukraine-storytelling-rebuilding-ukraine-and-world) by Sofiia Tiapkina Born and raised in Ukraine, Sofiia Tiapkina is a junior at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, MA. She is a finalist and volunteer of Ukraine Global Scholars, a non-profit organization that helps Ukrainian youth from modest... ![TCUP logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/TCUP%20600x450.png?itok=p6yuW1Zb) [### Russia's Illegal Annexation of Ukrainian Territory: Experts Respond ](/russias-illegal-annexation-ukrainian-territory-experts-respond) On Friday, September 30, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed four accession treaties declaring that the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine are now a part of Russia. This move, which forcibly claims 15% of Ukraine's... ![Donetsk bombed building](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/dk2.jpg?itok=rb1agG29) [### Mariupol's Last Stand: Inside Azovstal ](/mariupols-last-stand-inside-azovstal) View a collection of photographs Azov regiment soldier Dmytro Kozatsky took from inside the beseiged Azovstal steel factory. His mother, Iryna Yurchenko, also shared her experience as a soldier's mother. ![Dmytro and his mother](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/dmytro_1.jpg?itok=3v2KVEKW) [### War in Ukraine: Humanitarian Crisis and Potential Path Forward ](/war-ukraine-humanitarian-crisis-and-potential-path-forward) On Tuesday, April 12, three experts joined the Harvard Chan Humanitarian Development Student Association and the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program (TCUP) to discuss the humanitarian crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Dr. Volodymyr Dubovyk... ![Volunteers distributing donations](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/pexels-photo-11319521-sq.jpg?itok=o647l45Y) [### Voices from Ukraine ](/voices-ukraine-0) Russia’s war in Ukraine began in 2014 and has continued for the past eight years. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine, initiating a full-scale war and elevating the crisis to a new level. HURI condemns this war and is working to provide what assistance... ![TCUP logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/TCUP%20600x450.png?itok=p6yuW1Zb) [### Beyond Borderland Conference: Panel 4 Summary ](/beyond-borderland-conference-panel-4-summary) The 2022 TCUP Conference closed with a panel on Ukraine’s foreign and domestic policy priorities. Moderated by TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice, the panel began by addressing the current Russian troop buildup and threats of further invasion of Ukraine... ![Panel poster with participants and their photos](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/tcup_bb_conference_-_panel_4_-_1000.jpg?itok=iTJjimqQ) [### Beyond Borderland Conference: Panel 3 Summary ](/beyond-borderland-conference-panel-3-summary) The third panel of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program conference focused on the intersecting issues of Displacement and Reintegration, particularly as these topics concern Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories (TOTs) of Donetsk and Luhansk... ![Conference poster with panelists and their photos](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/tcup_bb_conference_-_panel_3_-_1000.jpg?itok=bJMAyC2F) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 4 ](?page=3 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")