NIT 2016 Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements for the Nations in Transit 2016 report
Donors
Nations in Transit 2016 was made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Research and Editorial Team
Nate Schenkkan is project director of Nations in Transit.
Senior Researcher Zselyke Csaky and Research Associate Anna Bar contributed to this booklet.
Authors
Albania: Besfort Lamallari, researcher on organized crime in Albania, Tirana
Armenia: Alexander Iskandaryan, Director, Caucasus Institute, Yerevan
Belarus: Yaraslau Kryvoi, Director, Ostrogorski Centre, editor, Belarus Digest, and Associate Professor, University of West London, London
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dino Jahić, journalist, editor, and media trainer, Sarajevo and Belgrade
Bulgaria: Maria Spirova, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics and International Relations, Leiden University, Leiden
Croatia: Petar Doric, journalist, Split
Czech Republic: Lubomír Kopeček, Associate Professor of Political Science and Vice-head of the International Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
Estonia: Hille Hinsberg, expert in the Governance and Civil Society program at the Praxis Center for Policy Studies, Tallinn; Jane Matt, analyst in the Governance and Civil Society program for Praxis, Tallinn; and Rauno Vinni, head of Praxis’s Governance and Civil Society program, Tallinn
Georgia: Michael Cecire, associate scholar, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia and co-founder, Georgian Institute of Politics, Washington
Hungary: Daniel Hegedüs, research fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and visiting lecturer, Institute for East European Studies, Free University Berlin, Berlin
Kazakhstan: Joanna Lillis, journalist specializing in Central Asian affairs, Almaty
Kosovo: Krenar Gashi, researcher and doctoral fellow, University of Ghent, Ghent
Kyrgyzstan: Erica Marat, Assistant Professor, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, Washington
Latvia: Karlis Bukovskis, Deputy Director and researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, and Andris Spruds, Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs and Professor, Riga Stradins University, Riga
Lithuania: Mažvydas Jastramskis, lecturer of political science at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Vilnius
Macedonia: Ivan Damjanovski, Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University and associate researcher, Institute for Democracy ‘Societas Civilis’ Skopje (IDSCS), Skopje
Moldova: Leonid Litra, senior research fellow, Institute of World Policy, Kyiv
Montenegro: Jovana Marović, Research Coordinator, Institute Alternative, Podgorica
Poland: Piotr Arak, senior analyst for social affairs, Polityka Insight Center for Policy Analysis; Piotr Żakowiecki, analyst for social affairs, Polityka Insight, Warsaw
Romania: Lucian Davidescu, publications coordinator, Romanian Academic Society (SAR), Bucharest; Valentina Dimulescu, project coordinator, SAR, Bucharest; and Andrei Macsut, junior policy analyst, SAR, Bucharest
Russia: Robert W. Orttung, Assistant Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and President, Resource Security Institute, Washington
Serbia: Miloš Damnjanović, political analyst, Belgrade
Slovakia: Benjamin Cunningham, writer and journalist, Prague
Slovenia: Miro Hacek, Professor of Political Science and Head of the Political Science Department, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Tajikistan: Edward Lemon, doctoral candidate, Department of Politics at the University of Exeter, Exeter
Ukraine: Oleksandr Sushko, Research Director, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kyiv; Olena Prystayko, Executive Director, Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office, Brussels
Uzbekistan: Sarah Kendzior, PhD, analyst, researcher, and writer, St. Louis
Advisers
Mark Kramer, Program Director of the Project on Cold War Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge
Alexander Motyl, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University, Newark
Rajan Menon, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York
Sharon Wolchik, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington
Kristie D. Evenson, researcher, Split
Susan Woodward, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York
Noah Tucker, managing editor, Registan.net, Fort Wayne
The authors of the Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan reports have chosen to remain anonymous.
