Defending democracy against its adversaries

The seventh annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law

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As part of the seventh annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law, Brookings will host Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of Democratic Belarus, for a keynote address that examines democracy and human rights in Belarus. Afterwards, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow at Brookings, will join Tsikhanouskaya for a conversation on how the United States and Europe should support democracy in Belarus and the surrounding region. A panel discussion, with a.o. Bob Deen, on protecting democracy from both sides of the Atlantic will follow their conversation.

Welcome remarks

• Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe 
• André Haspels, Ambassador to the United States - Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Saskia Bruines, Deputy Mayor - The Hague

Keynote remarks and conversation

• Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of Democratic Belarus
• Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe 

Panel discussion with:

• Bob Deen, Senior Research Fellow, Coordinator of the Russia and Eastern Europe Centre - the Clingendael Institute
• Kara McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor - U.S. Department of State
• Gerard Steeghs, Director, Multilateral Organisations and Human Rights - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Thomas Wright, Director - Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy

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Organizer

Bob Deen

Head of Security Unit / Lead Russia and Eastern Europe Centre / Senior Research Fellow