The Eurasian States in Transition Research Center (EAST Center), launched in 2016, is an independent, interdisciplinary think-tank focused on post-Soviet and east European studies. The EAST Center’s mission is to produce high quality research on disinformation in the Central and Eastern Europe, domestic and foreign policies in the eastern European countries, and the Eurasian Economic Union.
Andrei Yeliseyeu
Research Director
andrei.yelis @ east-center.org
Migration and demography, Eurasian integration, Disinformation, Foreign policy, Electoral geography
Alexander Aleshka
Research Fellow
alex.aleshka @ east-center.org
Poland’s Eastern policy, Russia’s foreign policy, Economic relations between the EU and post-Soviet countries
Veranika Laputska
Research Fellow
veranika.laputska @ east-center.org
Media analysis, Propaganda tools, Jewish studies, Democratization in Eastern and Central Europe, National minorities
Viktor Denisenko, Dr.
Associated Fellow
viktor.denisenko @ east-center.org
Lithuania’s foreign and domestic policies, Media analysis, Propaganda and Information security, Political communication
Ekaterina Pierson-Lyzhina, Dr.
Associated Fellow
Ekaterina.Lyzhina @ ulb.be
Belarusian foreign policy; foreign policies of non-state actors, Belarusian-EU relations, EaP relations with Russia and the EU; Belarusian energy relations
Olga Aleszko-Lessels
Associated Fellow
Disinformation, democratization and anti-corruption reforms in Eastern Europe, women’s rights, media analysis, hate speech on social media
Aliaksandr Papko, Dr.
Research Fellow
papko.alexander @ gmail.com
ENP and Eastern Partnership, EU-Belarus relations, political, social and economic transition in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, informal institutions.
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