

REPORT LAUNCH: Nations in Transit 2023
Volunteers clean up the rubbles from a destroyed residential building in Borodyanka. Following the recapture of Borodyanka by the Ukrainian forces, the city was heavily devastated and turned into ruins under intense fighting and shelling. (Photo by Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
The event will feature researchers presenting key findings from the 2023 report, followed by a panel discussion on the implications of those findings and the state of democracy in the region.
REPORT LAUNCH: Nations in Transit 2023
May 24, 2023
9:00AM ET
Virtual Event (Zoom)
Join us for the launch of Nations in Transit 2023, Freedom House's report on the state of democracy in the 29-country region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia.
The event will feature researchers presenting key findings from the 2023 report, followed by a panel discussion on the implications of those findings and the state of democracy in the region.
Speakers include:
- Adrian Shahbaz, Vice President, Research and Analysis, Freedom House
- Kurt Bassuener, Co-founder and Senior Associate, Democratization Policy Council
- Olga Onuch, Senior Lecturer [Associate Professor/ Доцент] in Politics, University of Manchester
- Mike Smeltzer, Senior Research Analyst for Europe and Eurasia, Freedom House
- Zsuzsanna Szelenyi, Program Director, Democracy Institute Leadership Academy (DILA), Central European University
- Paul Taylor, Senior Fellow, Friends of Europe
Lisa Magno, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator (SDAA) in the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID will provide opening remarks.
Nations in Transit 2023 will be released online at freedomhouse.org on May 24 at 12:01 a.m. ET.