Balázs Jarábik
Associate fellow at FRIDE

Balázs Jarábik is associate fellow at FRIDE and head of Pact Ukraine in Kiev, responsible for implementing the USAID-funded Organizational Development Program in Western NIS. He is also a member of the board of the Simecka Foundation and the Slovak Governance Institute, and of the Advisory Board of the Eurasia Foundation. He has studied History at Comenius University, Bratislava; Political Science at ELTE University, Budapest; and Human Rights at Columbia University, New York.
His research mainly focuses on CIS affairs, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and democracy promotion. Among his publications are ‘The Ukrainian standard’ (with Natalia Shapovalova, New Europe, 14 February 2010); Is the European Union supporting democracy in its neighbourhood? (FRIDE, December 2008); Kan Kankan (Lilium Aurum, 2005), State of minority legislation in Slovakia 2000-2002 (Ed., Kalligram Foundation, 2003); and ‘Minority Protection Report’ (Open Society Institute, EUMAP Programme, Budapest, 2002).
Geo tags
Caucasus Central Asia and Russia
Expert in
Belarus Civil society Democracy promotion European Neighbourhood Policy Human rights International relations Minorities Ukraine
Spoken languages
English
Written languages
English
Expert publications
- 14/06/2010 - Belarus
- 09/06/2010 - Ukrainian democracy on hold?
- 21/01/2010 - Post-Orange Ukraine: The lesser evil?
- 28/07/2009 - Moldova between Elections: Europe or Isolation?
- 06/07/2009 - Crimea in the European neighbourhood
- 17/06/2009 - The EU and Georgia's turmoil
- 03/03/2009 - Belarus: are the scales tipping?
- 30/06/2008 - Playing into the hands of Lukashenka
- 14/03/2008 - Ukraine between elections: out of the blue?
- 19/09/2007 - Ukraine's Elections: post-Orange Blue(s)





