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To those visiting Kharkiv, the immediate impression is often one of profound resilience. They see a city that lives on, seemingly undeterred by the constant threat of bombs. 1/7

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🧵 Several people have raised questions about what I meant by "deservedly so" when referring to the decline of institutional trust. It's a fair question, so I want to explain that, because it sits at the heart of my work on how democracies collapse when their epistemic foundations rot.

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“So many things have shocked me about the past 100 days. Even for me, even the person who was saying it’s going to be so bad, it’s much worse than even I thought.” I spoke to the Guardian’s podcast:

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