October 09, 2020
Prospects for Democracy in Belarus, with Judy Dempsey and Jonathan Katz
Judy Dempsey and Jonathan Katz join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the ongoing protests in Belarus and the country’s prospects for a democratic political transition. Dempsey is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, the editor-in-chief of the Strategic Europe blog, and a veteran journalist on European issues. Katz is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and previously served as deputy assistant administrator of USAID for Europe and Eurasia.
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