Juneau World Affairs Forum 2018 European Politics Panel Discussion
Climate Policy in the European Union
A Democratic Paralysis? How the US Withdrawal and the EU’s Malfunctioning Bureaucracy Helped Russia Undermine Pro-Democracy Civil Society in Eastern Europe
Where is Europe’s Power? Transnational Standards and Diplomatic Expertise in Brussels
What Happened to Cooperative Security? The Rise and Fall of the Post-Cold War Security Regime
Europe, Russia, and the Transatlantic Divide: Security Relations in Turbulent Times
Making America Normal Again--With a Little Help from Europe
US-German Relationships: Why They’re Grim and How We Can Make Them Worse.
Changes in the World Order: From ‘Embedded Liberalism’ to ‘Hyper Globalization’ to ‘Economic NationalismIn this session, “A Democratic Paralysis? How the US Withdrawal and the EU’s Malfunctioning Bureaucracy Helped Russia Undermine Pro-Democracy Civil Society in Eastern Europe”, we hear from University of Colorado Boulder’s Dr. Svetoslav Derderyan.
Civil Society Organizations were an important tool in inducing reforms in the democratic development of Eastern European countries in the years after the end of communism, their impact amplified by funding from the US and EU in the early years of the Union. But then Russia saw an opportunity in the US withdrawal from the region and the EU’s dysfunction in the late 2000s, and successfully started funding CSOs delegitimizing and corrupting the democratic process.
The Juneau World Affairs Council and the University of Southeast, in collaboration with 360 North, present the 2018 World Affairs Forum, Europe: Allies and Alliances in a Turbulent World.
With support from AEL&P, Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine, Dreamhost.com, Haight & Associates, Sealaska, The Prospector Hotel, and Wostmann & Associates.