Cristina Gherasimov serves as foreign policy advisor to the President of the Republic of Moldova since January 2021. Previously, she worked at the German Council on Foreign Relations, Transparency International Defence and Security, and at Chatham House with the Russia and Eurasia Programme. Her expertise includes democratic transitions and institution-building in Central and Eastern Europe and post-communist states. Cristina holds a PhD in Political Science from Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Julia Himmrich is an Associate at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS. She wrote her PhD at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ on the German and European recognition of Kosovo's statehood as and contributed to the edited volume Armakolas and Ker-Lindsay (ed) 'The Politics of Recognition and Engagement EU Member State Relations with Kosovo'.
James Sherr is Senior Fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the International Centre for Defence and Security.
Mary Kaldor is a Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict Research Programme at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS.
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20:20 Visions: conversations on the future of democracy is a series of online discussions on current challenges to democracy faced by Central and Eastern Europe, hosted by ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS and the Ratiu Forum.
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS () is ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s foreign policy think tank. We connect academic knowledge of diplomacy and strategy with the people who use it.