About the event MONTENEGRO IS A TESTING GROUND FOR AUTHORITARIAN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD Authoritarians have employed evolving strategies to subvert democratic norms and practice worldwide....

Max Levites is a Senior Governance Specialist at the International Republican Institute’s Center for Global Impact, where he implements anti-corruption, anti-kleptocracy, and citizen-centered governance programs around the world. Previously he worked...

Samuel Barnett is a Policy Advisor in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes. He leads policy development and coordination for Treasury’s efforts to counter illicit finance and national security threats,...

Zoë Reiter serves as NED’s first combating kleptocracy director. In this role, Reiter leads the design and implementation to a “whole of NED” approach for supporting civil society around the world to detect, deter and dismantle kleptocratic systems....