PDF Version The people of Belarus continue to protest the blatant stealing of another election by Alexander Lukashenka and his regime’s harsh repression. As it has done for more than 30 years, the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE) stands in solidarity with the people of Belarus and calls on all democratic governments, legislatures [...]
For Release: October 25, 2017 Contacts: Eric Chenoweth and Irena Lasota Press Release IDEE Condemns Forced Exile of Crimean Tatar Leaders The Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE) welcomes the release from prison and house arrest of Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov, the two deputy chairmen of the Crimean Tatar national assembly, the Mejlis. [...]
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by Eric Chenoweth The following appeared in the Washington Post, November 26, 2016. In assessing Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Americans continue to look away from this election’s most alarming story: the successful effort by a hostile foreign power to manipulate public opinion prior to the vote. […]
The following article appeared in The Washington Post, November 2, 2016. By Eric Chenoweth Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy has posed many challenges to U.S. media. In at least one frightening respect, it has failed: News outlets are actively abetting an authoritarian and imperialist foreign power’s attempt to manipulate a U.S. presidential election to aid its [...]
An Open Letter to an American Citizen About the 2016 Presidential Election September 16, 2016 by Eric Chenoweth PDF Version […]
By Irena Lasota 11.12.2015 Wygląda na to, że zanim rząd zajmie się polityką historyczną, będzie się musiał zająć polityką polityczną. […]
Zbigniew Romaszewski: A Life in Human Rights (MS Word) by Eric Chenoweth Published in Sarmatian Review, no. 415, April 2015 (PDF).
The following article appeared in the journal World Affairs in its September-October 2014 issue. Twenty-five years ago, breakthrough elections were held in Poland that led, within three months, to the downfall of that country’s communist regime. The events helped to spark the Velvet Revolutions that spread, within the next six months, to Budapest, Prague, Bratislava, [...]