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European Endowment needs ‘strategic patience’– launched at politically...
The European Endowment for Democracy is finally up and running, and accepting funding requests. But it has been launched at an especially challenging time for democracy assistance groups, observers...
View ArticlePitfalls and pushback won’t halt spread of democracy
Video streaming by Ustream Twenty years ago, I don’t think many people would have predicted a conference like this being needed two decades down the road, says The Washington Post’s Fred Hiatt...
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Testing the EU’s transformative power
The successful negotiation of Association Agreements will not automatically lead to speedy Europeanization of the Eastern Partnership countries, according to a new European Integration Index for...
View ArticleBriefing with Belarusian Civil Society and Human Rights Activists
Despite upcoming major international and domestic events that will draw attention to Belarus, in particular the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship and the following presidential elections, Aliaksandr...
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Viva Belarus! Can young Belarusians change the unchangeable?
Based on the true story of Franak Viacorka and other Belarusian youth activists, the film Viva Belarus! depicts the life and fate of nonconformist youth living in “Europe’s last dictatorship.” The...
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EU-Russia ‘battle for hearts and minds’ in Eastern Europe
“For millions of citizens in former Soviet republics, decisions in coming weeks could determine whether the European Union’s model of market-based democracy will play a bigger role in their lives – or...
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Atlanticism in retreat? Stress testing Central European democracy
The special relationships that once bound the United States to the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe are all but gone, according to A. Wess Mitchell, president of the Center for European...
View ArticleMatching EU values and interests: a smart geostrategy for the Eastern...
This month’s Vilnius summit is fueling a fierce competition between Europe and Russia, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the ebbing days of the Cold War. Amid that competition, there is a...
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Viva Belarus! premieres in Washington
Viva Belarus!, a film based on the true story of Franak Viacorka, RFE/RL journalist and its first Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellow, held its North American premiere this week at the Washington, D.C....
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Bridging the EU-Eurasia Democracy Gap
The transformation of the formerly communist societies of Central and Eastern Europe stands as one of the most significant advances for democracy in human history, writes Arch Puddington and Zselyke...
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