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Balázs Jarábik

Associate fellow

Balázs Jarábik is associate fellow at FRIDE and an international development executive, as well as a political analyst, strategist and adviser. He heads the Kiev-based office of Pact, Inc., overseeing civil society and independent media development projects in Belarus and Ukraine. He has advised different civic organisations, political parties and campaigns in several countries in the Balkans and Eurasia; national institutions, such as the Parliament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia; and international institutions such as the European Parliament, Freedom House or the OSCE. He has also participated in international electoral observation missions in Eurasia, the Balkans and South-East Asia. He has studied History at Comenius University, Bratislava; Political Science at ELTE University, Budapest; and Human Rights at Columbia University, New York.

His expertise combines international development, particularly in democracy and governance, with applied policy analysis. Among his latest publications are ‘The EU and Belarus after the election’ (FRIDE, January 2011); ‘Elections in Belarus: regime change?’ (FRIDE, November 2010); ‘Belarus: an end to friendship’ (EurActiv, 22 July 2010); and ‘The Ukrainian standard’ (with N. Shapovalova, New Europe, 14 February 2010).




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Caucasus Central Asia and Russia

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Belarus Civil society Democracy promotion European Neighbourhood Policy Human rights International relations Minorities Ukraine

Spoken languages

English

Written languages

English

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