Transparency International says that the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted "widespread corruption" in countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where it says "corrupt and authoritarian" ...
The Afghan government has lashed out over a new U.S. proposal for the Afghan peace process. Independent experts are also skeptical about the plan, which envisions a power-sharing government with the ...
An example of a hybrid regime is Pakistan, characterized by an ambiguous institutional makeup with a disproportionate predominance of military over civilian affairs. Holding the negotiators ...
Serhiy Stetsenko is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
Vazha Tavberidze is a staff writer with RFE/RL's Georgian Service. As a journalist and political analyst, he has covered issues of international security, post-Soviet conflicts, and Georgia's ...
Serhiy Andrushko is a journalist with Schemes (Skhemy), an investigative news project run by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service in cooperation with UA: Pershy television. Andrushko began his career in ...
Cristina Popusoi is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Moldovan Service.
Andriy Kuzakov is a military correspondent for Current Time who has covered conflicts and events in Crimea, the Donbas, Nagorno-Karabakh, Liberia, Kosovo, and other locations. In peacetime, he has ...
Dmitry Kozhurin is a correspondent for Current Time, the Russian-language network run by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA.
Zubair Torwali, an activist, researcher and writer, heads Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi, a nongovernmental organization promoting indigenous languages in Pakistan.
Pashtana Durrani is an educator and the director for LEARN, Afghanistan. She is also a global youth representative for Amnesty International and the Malala Fund Education Champion.