An initiative for accountable democratization policy worldwide.

Berlin and Washington, D.C.
Joined February 2015
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DPC Senior Associate @KurtBassuener joins a distinguished panel assembled by @GEOPOWER_EU to discuss the implications of Trump's policies for #Ukraine #Moldova #Georgia and the #WesternBalkans Thursday, 4 PM CET, registration details below
Join our next GEOPOWER Talks session: Navigating Security & Alliances: The New US Administration, Ukraine & the #WesternBalkans 📅23/01 ⏰4PM CET Speakers @AmbDanFried Dr @AnnOsypchuk @KurtBassuener Dr @SeloSabic Moreℹ️bit.ly/40l4N3f Session link🔗bit.ly/3WnXcjh
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2/ These 17 short, interlinked texts aim to set out themes and issues related to democratic unravelling - dynamics seen globally, but now increasingly evident in the US. They consider truth, the information ecosystem, street protest, corruption, self-dealing,...
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3/ ...structural democratic weaknesses and other topics, followed by recommendations focused on transparency and getting the money out of US politics that has enabled the erosion of America’s social contract.
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10/ Those member states that resisted the European Commission’s push on Cluster 3 – including the three Baltic states, Sweden, Finland, and the Netherlands – should be appalled by von der Leyen’s political games and resist.
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11/ Anything else would undermine the EU’s credibility and values even further.
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1/ DPC is again troubled by the publication of today’s General Affairs Council conclusions in which language reflecting Croatia’s divisive, ethnoterritorial agenda in #Bosnia and Herzegovina is incorporated. These will be endorsed in the @EUCouncil this Thursday.
.@EUCouncil today approved conclusions on enlargement. Read more 👇 #EUEnlargement

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8/ Once again, EU capitals have proven that their post-February 2022 declaration of enlargement as a new geopolitical priority in defense of European values against a Russian aggressor has quickly deteriorated into an empty, values-freed exercise, and that…
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9/ …the threats to the Union’s existence as a liberal-democratic political community first and foremost originate not only from the outside or its illiberal minority, but from the lack of vison, focus, and political resolve of its liberal majority. @MartaKosEU @kajakallas
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