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Event Recap

Jul 16, 2019

The US-Colombia partnership: From Venezuela’s crisis to counter-narcotics efforts

By Bryan Wilensky

The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with the United States Institute for Peace, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Latin America Program, and the Inter-American Dialogue, hosted H.E. Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, for a discussion on the future of US-Colombia relations. The conversation was moderated […]

Colombia
Conflict

In the News

Jul 16, 2019

Slavin quoted in USNI News on Iranian succession

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions
Iran

UkraineAlert

Jul 16, 2019

The politics of revenge

By Bohdan Nahaylo

This preoccupation with settling scores and seeking to influence the pace and direction of change is an inevitable feature of the major reconfiguration of political forces underway.

Democratic Transitions
Political Reform

New Atlanticist

Jul 9, 2019

Georgia protests are not a showcase of Russophobia

By Tina Maglakelidze

Outside observers must resist conflating anti-Kremlin sentiment with Russophobia.

Democratic Transitions
Political Reform

UkraineAlert

Jul 8, 2019

Will Zelenskyy succeed?

By Mykola Vorobiov

In many ways, Zelenskyy’s presidency embodies the “Ukrainian dream,” when a new politician and self-made showman can be elected president and slay the many bad forces that hold Ukraine back.

Democratic Transitions
Political Reform

In the News

Jul 5, 2019

Hellyer quoted in the Washington Post on Sudan

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions
Sudan

New Atlanticist

Jul 2, 2019

For Armenia’s Pashinyan, Poroshenko’s presidency should serve as a cautionary tale

By Colby Galliher

The fate of Ukraine’s former president Petro Poroshenko, another post-revolutionary leader in a former Soviet state, should illustrate for Pashinyan the perils of failing to keep promises to combat judicial corruption.

Corruption
Democratic Transitions

UkraineAlert

Jul 2, 2019

Five reasons why investors are giving Ukraine another look

By Daniel Bilak

The ambitions of Ukraine House Toronto arise from what UkraineInvest has witnessed over the last year: a renewed confidence in and interest among investors for exposure to the Ukrainian market.

Democratic Transitions
Fiscal and Structural Reform

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2019

Protests in Prague: beyond the numbers

By Martin Michelot

The protests were a moment of civil awakening for the Czech people rather than a simple message of political opposition.

Central Europe
Democratic Transitions

Event Recap

Jun 18, 2019

Expert panel discusses the state of democracy in Africa

By Africa Center

Brenthurst Foundation Director Dr. Greg Mills said out various challenges to African democracy and argued that the continent’s rapid demographic growth “demands an end to business as usual.”

Africa
Democratic Transitions
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Experts

Fellow

Hanna Liubakova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Belarus Civil Society

Fellow

Brian Mefford

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Elections

Advisory Council member

Erika Mouynes

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Panama

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Central America Democratic Transitions

Fellow

Cameron Munter

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center South Asia Center

National Security Conflict

Fellow

Constance Berry Newman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Civil Society Democratic Transitions

Staff

Gissou Nia

Director, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Civil Society Corruption
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