Countering Democratic Regression
in a Newly Divided Europe and Eurasia Link to Conference Summary
October 16, 2009 Conference at Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Room 500
Washington, D.C.
Co-Sponsored by: S. Richard Hirsch Chair in European Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Foreign Policy Research Institute
German Marshall Fund of the United States
George Washington University Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
9:00-10:30 Panel Democratization in Postcommunist Europe/Eurasia: Divergent Trends and Geopolitical Implications Adrian Basora, Director, Project on Democratic Transitions, FPRI Richard Kauzlarich, National Intelligence Officer for Central and Eastern Europe Charles Gati, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Kurt Volker, Center for Transatlantic Relations, and Former US Ambassador to NATO 11:00-12:30 Panel Electoral Revolutions: Why the Regression? Lucan Way, University of Toronto Mitchell Orenstein, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Pavol Demes, Director, Central and Eastern Europe, German Marshall Fund of the United States Henry Hale, George Washington University IERES 12:30 Box Lunch 1:00-1:30 US Policy towards the Region William Burke-White, Department of State Policy Planning Staff 1:30-2:45 Panel The European Union and Democratization Milada Vachudova, UNC Chapel Hill Ivan Vejvoda, Director, Belgrade Office, German Marshall Fund of the US Katarina Mathernova, Deputy Director General, European Union 3:15-4:30 Panel Implications for US Policy
David Kramer, GMF; former Asst. Sec. of State for Democracy and Human Rights Ken Yalowitz, Dartmouth University; former US Ambassador to Belarus and Georgia Daniel Hamilton, Johns Hopkins University Center for Transatlantic Relations 4:30-5:00 Closing Comments – Adrian Basora and Mitchell Orenstein | 
