Press Releases
HEARING—Securing Syria’s Transformation by Diminishi...
Feb 03, 2026Cannon House Office Building, Room 360 Stream live here With the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria and its partners have a historic opportunity to degrade Russia’s ability to project force across […]
POSTPONED: BRIEFING—Georgian Dream’s Escalating Crac...
Jan 27, 2026This briefing is postponed due to weather-related closures. Longworth House Office Building, Room 1334 Streaming live here Since October 2024, Georgian Dream, Georgia’s ruling party, has plunged the country into […]
Bipartisan Helsinki Commission Leadership Ask Admini...
Jan 15, 2026WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Roger Wicker (MS), Co-Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (TN-09) sent a letter […]
HEARING—Bosnia and Herzegovina at a Crossroads: Thir...
Dec 18, 2025Russell Senate Office Building, Room 232-A Stream live here Thirty years ago this month the United States brokered the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the Bosnian War and brought […]
Chairman Wicker Applauds Passage of the National Def...
Dec 17, 2025WASHINGTON—Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the U.S. Helsinki Commission, today applauded final passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (FY26 […]
BRIEFING—From Production to Procurement: How Europe...
Dec 10, 2025Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2358-C Stream live here As Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine enters its fifth year, Kyiv is struggling to supply its troops and lacks the resources […]
Bipartisan Helsinki Commission Leadership Respond to...
Dec 03, 2025WASHINGTON—U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Roger Wicker (MS), Co-Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (TN-09) today issued the following […]
BRIEFING—The MAX App: Russia’s Pocket-Sized Approach...
Dec 02, 2025Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2358-C Stream live here Russia is pioneering a novel, low-cost approach to digital censorship and surveillance. In lieu of a centralized system to block unwanted […]
HEARING—Deterrence on NATO’s Eastern Flank
Nov 17, 2025Russell Senate Office Building Room 222 Stream live here Russia’s recent incursions in Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Romanian airspace are part of a campaign to probe for weaknesses along […]
Ranking Member Representative Cohen Condemns Lukashe...
Sep 22, 2025WASHINGTON—U.S. Helsinki Commission Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen (TN-09), OSCE PA Special Representative on Political Prisoners, today issued a statement following Alexander Lukashenka’s imprisonment of two journalists: “Lukashenka is trying […]
Senator Wicker and Senator Shaheen Introduce Biparti...
Sep 19, 2025Today, U.S. Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Commissioner Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., introduced the Eastern Flank Strategic Partnership Act of 2025. The legislation establishes it as U.S. […]
BRIEFING—Conspiracy Theories, Antisemitism, and Demo...
Sep 17, 2025Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2358-C Stream live Antisemitism is indicative of underlying decay in societies where it prospers. Unique from other forms of racial or religious bigotry, antisemitism is […]