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Myths & Facts about Russia’s War on Ukraine
Apr 08, 2025MYTH: NATO expansion provoked Russia’s war against Ukraine. FACT: Russia’s war on Ukraine is a continuation of Russia’s centuries-long policy of treating Ukraine as a vassal state to be subjugated. […]
35 Years After the Baltic Way: Regional Unity in the...
Aug 23, 2024On August 23, 1989, approximately two million people created a human chain from Tallinn to Vilnius to peacefully demonstrate their resistance to Soviet occupation. Held on the 50th anniversary of […]
Chairman Wilson Leads Commemorations of Victims of V...
Feb 29, 2024Helsinki Commission Chairman Joe Wilson led the U.S. delegation to the 23rd Winter Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) from […]
U.S. Delegation Debates Mounting Global Crises with ...
Dec 05, 2023CSCE Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-2) led the U.S. delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 21st Autumn Meeting in Yerevan Armenia from November 18-19, accompanied by fellow Commissioner Rep. Victoria Spartz […]
Helsinki Commission Advances Human Rights, Demands f...
Oct 19, 2023By Shannon Simrell, Senior Policy Advisor Between October 2-13, 11 Helsinki Commission staff joined approximately 1,400 representatives of OSCE participating States (pS) and civil society representatives in Warsaw, Poland in […]
United States Demonstrates Global Leadership on Ukra...
Jul 14, 2023The Helsinki Commission’s four senior leaders helmed the United States’ bicameral, bipartisan delegation to the 30th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly last week in Vancouver, Canada. Co-Chairman Senator […]
U.S. Delegation to OSCE PA Winter Meeting Delivers R...
Mar 02, 2023The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly held its 22nd Winter Meeting in Vienna last week against the backdrop of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine and delivered a clear message of support for […]
OSCE’s 2022 Ministerial Council in Lodz: Russia Isol...
Dec 09, 2022By Janice Helwig, Senior Policy Advisor, Demitra Pappas, Senior Advisor Department of State, Shannon Simrell, Representative of the Helsinki Commission to the U.S. Mission to OSCE Foreign Ministers and senior […]
The Case for Getting Tough on Hungary
Nov 28, 2022Sixty-six years ago, ordinary Hungarians bravely stood up to Moscow’s empire of oppression. Yet, on its anniversary, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán took aim at Europe, a curious choice given Russia’s […]
NATO Refocused, Europe Reinforced
Aug 10, 2022By Jessika Nebrat, Max Kampelman Fellow Following the escalation of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is playing a role it has not filled in years. Forced to […]
Following in the Footsteps of Tsar Nicholas II
Apr 27, 2022As Vladimir Putin attempts to turn back the clock to the Russian Empire of the pre-Soviet era, he also adopts a tool of political manipulation used in Imperial Russia—fostering violent […]
Debunking “Denazification”
Apr 21, 2022By Worth Talley, Max Kampelman Fellow On February 24, 2022, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” to “demilitarize and denazify” Ukraine—in reality, a Russian invasion designed to […]