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Lauren Van Metre is a peace and security expert, having worked on major diplomatic initiatives and peace and conflict resolution processes at the Pentagon, the State Department, the US Institute of Peace and the Atlantic Council. She joined NDI in 2018 and, in 2022, was asked to lead the Institute's Peace, Climate and Democratic Resilience division, which will develop innovative democracy and governance approaches to some of democracy's major challenges -- malign influence, the climate crisi
The recent killing of two Polish citizens by missiles that landed in a Polish village near the Ukrainian border brought yet another sleepless night to residents across the country. For nine months, the war in Ukraine has been affecting the lives of Poles, as nearly 8 million Ukrainians have crossed the border since February 24 seeking and finding refuge in multiple Polish cities in Europe’s largest wartime refugee displacement since World War Two.
“Success without democracy is improbable; democracy without women is impossible,”
~Madeleine K. Albright
With technical assistance from the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine is exercising critical oversight functions and engaging in cross-faction dialogue. As the country fights for its very existence, they’re working toward a consensus on a parliamentary ethics code and other issues integral to Ukraine’s future.
Study Visit for Ukrainian MPs on Parliamentary Oversight of Military Assistance
NDI 2007, Public Affairs
Ukrainian politicians and political parties have been united in their common mission to defeat Russia and preserve Ukraine’s democracy, independence and sovereignty since the full-scale invasion. This message of unity remains at the forefront as Ukraine enters the ninth month of war.
The Institute has worked in 156 countries and territories around the world, and currently has more than 50 field offices working to strengthen and support democracy around the globe.
Fight for freedom. Future of the global order. Existential struggle.
It’s hard to find terms that describe the crisis in Ukraine without sounding like so much cable news hyperbole. And yet, Russia’s illegal invasion of a free and sovereign Ukraine is existential for the Ukrainian people: their sovereignty, freedoms and way of life are on the line.