Organized by the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, the Moldova Foundation, and the Open Society Institute, this conference featured prominent regional experts, including OSI Regional Director Jonas Rolett.
Program
Nonpartisan Election Monitoring and Electoral Process Assessment
- Stephen Nix, Eurasia Division Director, IRI, Washington, DC
- Alex Grigorevs, Resident Director NDI Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova
- Igor Botan, Executive Director, Adept Association for Participatory Democracy, Chisinau, Moldova
- Angela Sirbu, Executive Director, Independent Journalism Center, Chisinau, Moldova
- Moderator: Jonas Rolett, Regional Director, Open Society Institute, Washington, DC
Assessing the Results of Parliamentary Elections and Their Implication for Regional Security and for Moldova's Democratization
- Ambassador John T. Stewart, OSCE Elections Observer to Moldova
- John Finerty, Staff Advisor, U.S. Congress Helsinki Commission
- Brock Bierman, Senior Advisor, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, USAID
- Lee McManis, Desk Officer for Moldova, U.S. Department of State
- Moderator: Vlad Spanu, Executive Director, Moldova Foundation, Washington, DC
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Justice for Ukraine
To Stop Russia’s Next War, We Need Justice for This One
The international courts are pursuing Russian for its crimes in Ukraine, but not for the planning, preparation, and execution of the invasion itself. A new Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine will hold Russia to account.
Voices In Depth
Ukraine’s Everyday Resistance
In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainians have sparked a civic reawakening. From frontline towns to major cities, ordinary people are defending democracy, caring for one another, and laying the groundwork for a post-war future.
Racial Discrimination
A Community Rallies Against Racial Discrimination in Denmark
When Denmark’s housing policies used racial discrimination to upend their community, local residents looked to the law to fight back. Now their six-year legal challenge is before the European Union’s top court in Luxembourg.