Episode notes
Dayan Reynolds, an expert on Eastern European democracy and lead for Belarus at the International Republican Institute, speaks with me about about how USAID implementing partners like IRI work with locals in Belarus to foster democracy in an authoritarian regime; background on geopolitics and culture in Eastern Europe; America's relationship with democracy as a global concept; and what people get wrong about American support for democratic activism abroad.
Tune in to learn more about an often overlooked part of Europe and Putin's only ally in the region.
Special thank to Open Gov Hub in Washington, DC for providing the studio for us to record in!
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