An introduction to doable reforms

Av Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Publicerad 20 January, 2022
7 pages

Paraphrasing the first line of Anna Karenina, former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves argues that while all successful countries have reformed alike, each unsuccessful country finds its own excuses. In a new report for Stockholm Free World Forum, Ilves offers dos and don’ts for Belarus’s democracy movement as they plan future reforms.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves is an Estonian politician who served as President of Estonia between 2006 and 2014. Before that, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1996-2002) and later as a Member of the European Parliament (2004-2006).