Westernization Index Launch: Promoting Democracy in the Post-Soviet World

– including in public and political life, economy, culture and lifestyle. The Index is the result of a collaboration by experts from the 14 post-Soviet countries with an introduction from former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski. After brief remarks from StrategEast founder, there will be an experts panel on “Promoting Democracy and Transparency in the Post-Soviet World” with Ambassador of Hungary to the United States András Simonyi (2002-2007), former Wall Street Journal reporter and author Philip Shishkin, and tech investor, president and founder of StrategEast Anatoly Motkin.
Three things to know about the Index:

It is the only report to analyze the 14 countries of the post-Soviet, non-Russian region (PSNR) as a whole;

It measures each country’s wholesale integration into the Western world across 5 sectors: politics, economy, legal system, language, and lifestyle;

Both data collection and qualitative assessments are drawn from local experts in each country. This index is a true product of the region it studies.

When: Wednesday, May 2, 2018; 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Where: National Press Club, Zenger Room (529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045) 
Who: Ambassador András Simonyi held high positions in the Hungarian diplomatic service including Hungarian Ambassador to NATO (1995-2001) and to the United States (2002-2007).
Philip Shishkin is the author of “Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia” which documents the fight for democracy in the region. Philip spent 10 years as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal where he covered, among other conflicts, the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Anatoly Motkin is a tech investor and founder and president of StrategEast. Anatoly has launched many media, political and business initiatives aimed to drive social awareness and connect communities in the post-Soviet world.
For information about StrategEast please visit www.strategeast.org
For additional details please contact Michelle Sindyukov at michelle.sindyukov@strategeast.org
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