David J. Kramer Articles
Discover the latest articles written by David J. Kramer, Director, European & Eurasian Studies Program, and Senior Fellow in the Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy, FIU's Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs
FALL2021
- Dec. 2, 2021: Politico: Opinion | In the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Standing Up to Putin Is Our Only Credible Option by Toomas Hendrik Ilves and David J. Kramer
- Nov. 23, 2021: The Washington Post: Opinion: Biden’s Summit for Democracy shouldn’t be just a photo op by Michael J. Abramowitz and David J. Kramer
- Nov. 12, 2021: The Bulwark-Foreign Affairs: Time for the U.S. and E.U. to Get Tough with Georgia by David J. Kramer
- Sept. 21, 2021: REPRESSION IN BELARUS FOCUS OF UPCOMING HELSINKI COMMISSION HEARING
WASHINGTON—The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today announced the following hearing: SEEKING JUSTICE AND FREEDOM IN BELARUS | Watch live: www.youtube.com/HelsinkiCommission
- Sept. 4, 2021: Politico: Opinion | What I Wish the U.S. Had Done About Putin Years Ago — And What Biden Should Do Now by David J. Kramer
SUMMER 2021
- August 31, 2021: MPR WLRN Miami South Florida: Opinion: Here's How Biden Should Strengthen Ties With Ukraine by William B. Taylor and David J. Kramer
- August 20, 2021: Foreign Policy: Georgia Turns Its Back on the West - The ruling Georgian Dream party is taking Tbilisi into Moscow’s orbit while eroding democratic institutions by Ian Kelly, a U.S. ambassador to Georgia from 2015 to 2018, and David J. Kramer, a senior fellow at Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs.
- August 5, 2021: The Dispatch: Biden’s Meeting With Tsikhanouskaya Boosts Belarusian Democracy by David J. Kramer
- July 22, 2021: The Bulwark: Biden Caves, Gives Putin Another Pipeline to Europe by David J. Kramer and Benjamin Parker
- July 13, 2021: The Bulwark: Right-Wing Violence Threatens Georgian Democracy-Bloody anti-LGBTQ riots have claimed at least one life in the struggling Caucasian country by Besiki Kutateladze and David J. Kramer
- July 6, 2021: Foreign Policy: The West Gets Serious With Lukashenko—but Not Serious Enough by Vlad Kobets and David J. Kramer
- June 25, 2021: The Dispatch: The Biden-Putin Summit Has Opened the Floodgates - A proposal from Germany and France for an EU-Russia meeting threatens to divide the EU - by Eric Edelman and David J. Kramer
- June 22, 2021: American Purpose: Table for Two by David. J. Kramer
- June 14, 2021: The Bulwark: Five Ways Biden Can Get the Most from His Meeting with Putin by Daniel Baer and David J. Kramer
- June 4, 2021: American Purpose: Putin’s Climate Envoy Should Be Persona Non Grata- He’s no climate expert, but he’s a champion when it comes to repression. - by Toomas Hendrik Ilves and David J. Kramer
- May 25, 2021: The Dispatch: How the West Must Handle Lukashenko’s Threat to the International Order by David J. Kramer and Eric Edelman
- May 24, 2021: The Bulwark: Is Biden Going Soft on Putin? by David J. Kramer
- May 13, 2021: The Power Vertical Podcast: Confronting the Axis of Autocrats by David J. Kramer
- May 11, 2021: The Bulwark: Keep One Eye on Xi and the Other on Putin by Daniel Baer and David J. Kramer
- May 6, 2021: House Foreign Affairs Committee - Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission - Hearing on Democracy and Human Rights in Belarus - Statement by David J. Kramer
SPRING 2021
- April 28, 2021: CEPA: Navalny’s Brutal Treatment Is the Rule, Not the Exception by David. J. Kramer
- April 26, 2021: The Bulwark: National Security Relies on Global Democracy by Nicole Bibbins Sedaca and David J. Kramer
- Feb. 26, 2021 : "South Caucasus Struggles: Russia or West?" Interview With David J.Kramer
- Feb. 18, 2021: The Bulwark (Foreign Policy)"What America’s Allies Want and Need to Hear from Biden" by Robert S. Gelbard and David J. Kramer
- Jan. 4, 2021: "American Purpose:"How Democracy Makes America Great" by Arch Puddington & David J. Kramer
FALL 2020
- Dec. 14, 2020: FP (Foreign Policy):"Cracks Appear Among Lukashenko’s Security Forces" by Vlad Kobets & David J. Kramer
- Dec. 9, 2020: The Bulwark: "Pragmatists, Professionals, and Patriots on Biden’s National Security Team" by John B. Bellinger III and David J. Kramer
- Nov. 17, 2020: The Bulwark:"Pompeo Plays Favorites in the Georgia Runoffs" by David J. Kramer
- Nov. 13, 2020: FP (Foreign Policy) "Biden’s Putin Challenge" by David J. Kramer
- Oct. 19, 2020: "Is It Time to Rethink Our Russia Policy?" with David. J. Kramer
- Oct. 1, 2020: Sun Sentinel:"On foreign policy, November’s winner will have his hands full|Opinion" by David J. Kramer & Lindsay Lloyd
- Sept. 24, 2020: "Resilience and Russian Interference: Neutralizing the Kremlin’s Campaign to Dismantle Democracy." with David J. Kramer
- Sept. 2, 2020: George W. Bush Presidential Center: David J. Kramer's Interview on "Belarus Protests and Russia"
- August 31, 2020: BST The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation - A Project of the German Marshall Fund - EPRC: "Transatlantic Relations: From Bad to Worse to What Next?" With David J. Kramer
- August 27, 2020: The Atlantic Council Eurasia Center Podcast: Belarus, What's next? with David J. Kramer
- August 26, 2020: Center for Strategic and International Studies Podcast: A ‘Pause’ in the Belarusian “Democratic Revolution” - Russian Roulette Episode 105 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, and David J. Kramer
SUMMER 2020
- August 22, 2020: Politico: "What Washington Can Do for Belarus" by Vladimir Kobets and David J. Kramer
- August 19, 2020: Institute of Current World Affairs - THE CABLE PODCAST: Revolution in Belarus with David J. Kramer, Franak Viacorka and Vladimir Kobets, and Dan Peleschuk.
- August 14, 2020: New on NBCNews.com:"Trump, Pompeo and the West must unite behind Belarus' people — before it's too late" By Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and David J. Kramer
- August 11, 2020: Magazine Opinion/Backtalk: "No, Now Is Not The Time for Another Russia Reset" by David J. Kramer
- July 30, 2020: Economic Policy Research Center in partnership with George W. Bush Presidential Center held a discussion - "Choose Freedom: Democracy and Human Rights as Key Components of U.S. Foreign Policy" - Moderator David J. Kramer
- July 21, 2020: The Bulwark Hold Fast: "Mike Pompeo Has Given Up Being Secretary of State" by David J. Kramer
- June 26, 2020: George W. Bush Presidential Center : "GLOBAL LEADERSHIP | Updates on Russia" by David J. Kramer
- June 20, 2020: The Bulwark Hold Fast: "Corruption and Coverup in Mike Pompeo’s State Department" by David J. Kramer
- June 15, 2020: EPRC/BST/German Marshall Fund - "The Pandemic Democracy and the United States: Implication for the Black Sea Region" - By David J. Kramer
- June 3, 2020: CEPA: "Baku to the Future" by Richard Kauzlarich and David J. Kramer
- May 21, 2020: The America Interest: "Freedom of Movement Is a Right, Not a Privilege" by Michael J. Abramowitz and David. J. Kramer.
- May 14, 2020: The Hill: The pandemic and human rights: State Department's CUR is not the cure - By John Shattuck, Harold Hongju Koh, David J. Kramer, Michael Posner and Tom Malinowski
- May 8, 2020: RealClear Politics: As Covid Brings New Repression, Democracies Must Push Back - COMMENTARY By Michael J. Abramowitz & David J. Kramer
SPRING 2020
- April 29, 2020: THE CABLE PODCAST: Politics in the pandemic—Russia and Turkey
- April 22, 2020: PARALLELS: Putin, Trump, and the Pandemic
- April 21, 2020: The America Interest:"Lessons from History: The Pandemic and a Free Press" by Arch Puddington & David J. Kramer
- April 14, 2020: Reflections from the U.S. on Georgia and the Pandemic
- February 22, 2020: “30 Years Later: Have We Learned Any Lessons?” (with Martin Palous), The American Interest
- January 29, 2020: New Eastern Europe: A renewed strategic dialogue with Russia? A debate
FALL 2019
- Nov. 14, 2019: The US and Turkey: Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC
- Oct. 11, 2019:DEMOCRACY WATCH: As the World Marches for Freedom, Where is Trump?
- Sept. 24, 2019: Fallout: It’s Ukraine That Loses in Whistleblower-Gate
- Sept. 19, 2019: “In Georgia, friends of the West are suddenly under fire,” Washington Post
- August 27, 2019: “Trump wants Russia to join the G-7. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea,” Washington Post
