Yana Gorokhovskaia
Director, Research and Analysis
Yana leads the Research and Analysis team at Freedom House. She’s the author of over a dozen research reports, and her analysis has been published in Foreign Affairs, The Guardian, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, Politico, Journal of Democracy, Just Security, The Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Post-Soviet Affairs, PS: Political Science and Politics, Russian Politics, Democratization, The Diplomat, Russian Analytical Digest, Moscow Times, Political Research Exchange, Ponars Policy Memos, and International Migration. Prior to joining Freedom House in 2021, Yana was a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.
- Featured Reports
Freedom in the World 2024: The Mounting Damage of Flawed Elections and Armed Conflict
Freedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracy
No Way In or Out: Authoritarian Controls on the Freedom of Movement
Still Not Safe: Transnational Repression in 2022
Defending Democracy in Exile: Policy Responses to Transnational Repression
- Featured Articles and Publications
“Global Freedom Is in Decline, But What About Democracy?”, Journal of Democracy, April 2024
“The Long Arm of Authoritarianism”, Foreign Affairs, June 2022
“It’s Not Just Khashoggi: The Saudi Issue Biden Can’t Ignore”, POLITICO, July 2022
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