Publications and Resources

Havel Program

• "The Road to Freedom, Grounded in the Rule of Law", authored by Jason Poblete (produced as part of the Havel Program's Cuba-focused initiatives). May, 2022.
• "Constitutional Considerations for a Free Cuba", authored by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, Eloy Viera Cañive and Marcell Felipe (produced as part of the Havel Program's Cuba-focused initiatives). August, 2021.
• "Legal Avenues for a Transition to Democracy in Cuba: The CubaDemanda Project", authored by Santiago Alpizar and Arnaldo Fernandez (produced as part of the Havel Program's Cuba-focused initiatives). August, 2021.
• "Cuba's Future Economic Policies Under a Representative Democracy", authored by José Antonio Villamil (produced as part of the Havel Program's Cuba-focused initiatives). August, 2021.
• "The Cuban Economic Crisis: Its Causes and Possible Policies for a Transition", authored by Jan Svejnar and Carmelo Mesa-Lago (produced as part of the Havel Program's Cuba-focused initiatives). October, 2020.
• "What Does Democracy Mean To Me? A Collection of Essays by Florida International University Students", edited by Director Martin Palouš and Prachi Lalwani.

Director Martin Palouš

The book titled The Presence of the Past: Essays on Memory, Conflict, and Reconciliation, a result of the Havel Program's collaboration with Post Bellum, was edited by Director Martin Palouš (with Glenn Hughes) and published in 2019.

Professor Palouš's book, Once Upon a Time of Transition: Fourteen Exercises in Political Thought, was published in 2020.

• "#Libertad" (with Post Bellum's Eva Kubátová), December 2021. See The English version of #Libertad.
• "Cuba in 2021: A Central European Point of View", September 2020.
• "The Chinese Question in Times of Coronavirus", CESCOS, May 2020.
• "Contested Ground: The Campaign to Enhance the Status of the European Union in the UN General Assembly" (with Katie Verlin Laatikainen), GLOBUS, June 2018.
• "Several Thoughts on Newell's Tyrants", Perspectives on Political Science, August 25, 2017.
• "Václav Havel's Legacy and the Future of Cuba", ASCE, February 5, 2017.
• "Cuba in 2015: A Perspective from Central Europe", Identidades, June 2016.
• "The Cuban question" (manuscript, 2016).
• "Where Are We? The State of Negotiation of a New Treaty Between the European Union and Cuba", ASCE, November 30, 2014.
• Testimony of the Czech Republic, given at the debate on "The Church and The Turning Point in the 1980s and 90s in Central and Eastern Europe" at the Vatican (June 6, 2014).
• "Václav Havel: Statuary Hall, United States Capitol" (with Marta Smolikova), on the occasion of the unveiling of a bust of President Václav Havel at the U.S. Capitol, 2014.
• "Dictators and Democratic Struggles", The Freedom Collection (Via Havel Archive), July 17, 2013.
• "A philosopher and his history: Jan Patočka’s reflections on the end of Europe and the arrival of the post-European epoch", Thesis Eleven, June 18, 2013.
• "Cuba and Human Rights Law" (manuscript, 2012).
• "Jan Patočka's Socratic Message for the 21st Century", in Jan Patočka and the Heritage of Phenomenology, Series: Contributions to Phenomenology, Volume 61 (edited by Ivan Chvatik and Erica Abrams, 2011).
• "Jan Patočka versus Václav Benda (1989)", in The Great Lie: Classic and Recent Appraisals of Ideology and Totalitarianism (edited by F. Flagg Taylor IV, 2011).
• "Revolutions and Revolutionaries, Lessons of the Years of Crises: Three Czech Encounters with Freedom", in Promises of 1968: Crisis, Illusion and Utopia (edited by Vladimir Tismaneanu, 2011).
• "Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism", in Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict: Vol. 3 (edited by Lester Kurtz, 2008).
• "What Does Democracy Mean Today?", International Debate Education Association, 2002.
• "Between Idealism and Realism: Reflections on the Political Landscape of Postcommunism", in Between Past and Future: The Revolutions of 1989 and Their Aftermath (edited by Sorin Antohi and Vladimir Tismaneanu, 2000).
• Statement as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic before the Commission on Human Rights (56th Session, 2000).
• "Beyond the Liberal Paradigm", in Models of Identities in Postcommunist Societies: Yugoslav Philosophical Studies, I (edited by Zagorka Golubović and George F. McLean, 1999).
• "Democracy in the Czech Republic" (with Zdeněk Kavan), in Democratization in Central and Eastern Europe (edited by Mary Kaldor and Ivan Vejvoda, 1999).
• Statement as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic before the Economic and Social Council (1999).
• Statement as Deputy-Minister and Head of the Czech Delegation, presenting resolution on "Human Rights in Cuba" (Commission on Human Rights, 1999).
• Statement as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic before the Commission on Human Rights (55th Session, 1999).
• "The United States and Europe: A question for the Twenty-First Century", Helsinki Monitor, 1997.
• "The Czechoslovakian Divorce: "Velvet" Settlement or Muted Coexistence?", in Beyond Government: Extending The Public Policy Debate In Emerging Democracies (edited by Craufurd D. Goodwin and Michael Nacht, 1995).
• "Weaving a Security Net: East Central Europe and the Structures of International Peace and Security", in Searching for Moorings: East Central Europe in the International System (edited by Jeffrey Laurenti, 1994).

Senior Fellow David Kramer

Professor Kramer's book, Back to Containment: Dealing with Putin's Regime, was published in 2017.

• "4 Myths About Ukraine that Might Sound Right But Are Actually Wrong" (with Eric Edelman), Politico, February 22, 2024.
• "Ukraine needs our help" (with Igor Khrestin), George W. Bush Presidential Center, February 13, 2024. 
• "US support for Ukraine: The difference between victory and defeat" (with John Herbst and William Taylor), The Hill, January 21, 2024.
• "In Ukraine, Peace Now Means War Later" (with John Herbst and William Taylor), The Bulwark, November 28, 2023. 
• "Israel's Fight is Ukraine's Fight is America's Fight" (with Eric Edelman), The Bulwark, October 18, 2023.
• "Prigozhin’s Putsch Propped up Putin" (with Arch Puddington), The Bulwark, July 7, 2023.
• "There Is No Substitute for Ukrainian Victory" (with Eric Edelman), The Bulwark, June 19, 2023.
• "Is the Belarusian Dictatorship Doomed?" (with Eric Edelman and Vlad Kobets), The Bulwark, May 18, 2023.
• "My Friend, the Traitor", The Bulwark, April 19, 2023.
• "Helping Ukraine Can Deter China" (with Igor Khrestin), The Bulwark, April 14, 2023.
• "The Only Realistic Answer to Putin" (with John Herbst and William Taylor), The Atlantic, March 29, 2023.
• "‘Navalny’ Won an Oscar, But Navalny and Kara-Murza Are Still in Prison" (with Ellen Bork), The Bulwark, March 15, 2023.
• "The nation of Georgia’s democratic future is slipping away" (with Ian Kelly), The Hill, February 25, 2023.
• "Give Ukraine What It Wants" (with John Herbst and William Taylor), Foreign Affairs, February 24, 2023.
• "Moldova Is Putin’s Next Target" (with Eric Edelman and Benjamin Parker), The Bulwark, February 21, 2023.
• "Ukraine and Belarus Are Fighting the Same War" (with Eric Edelman and Vlad Kobets), Foreign Policy, February 7, 2023.
• "As Germany Delays, Ukrainians Die" (with Eric Edelman), The Bulwark, January 24, 2023.
• "Zelensky’s historic — and heroic — visit to Washington", The Hill, December 23, 2022.
• "The West should do whatever it takes to help Ukrainians survive the winter" (with William B. Taylor), Washington Post, December 6, 2022.
• "Don't Go Wobbly on Ukraine" (with Eric S. Edelman), American Purpose, November 16, 2022.
• "Now Is Not the Time to Negotiate with Putin" (with Eric Edelman), The Bulwark, November 7, 2022.
• "US and EU: Supporting Iranians demanding freedom is not a luxury" (with Elliott Abrams), The Hill, October 30, 2022.
• "Russian Infighting Could Be Just What Ukraine Needs", The Bulwark, October 27, 2022.
• "Putin Compounds His Bad Decisions", The Bulwark, September 30, 2022.
• "With Enough Help, Ukraine Can Win" (with Stephen E. Biegun, Eric Edelman, and Daniel Fata), The Bulwark, August 8, 2022.
• "Never Underestimate Ukrainians", The Catalyst, May 2022.
• "Putin Is Failing in Ukraine, But Winning in Georgia" (with Ian Kelly), The Bulwark, May 24, 2022.
• "Don’t Let Lukashenko Off the Hook" (with Vlad Kobets), The Dispatch, May 18, 2022.
• "Defeating Putin in Ukraine Is Vital to the Future of Democracy", Journal of Democracy, May 2022.
• "Vladimir Kara-Murza, Imprisoned but Undaunted" (with Ellen Bork), The Dispatch, April 15, 2022.
• "How the West Can Weaken Putin" (with Stephen E. Biegun), Foreign Affairs, March 28, 2022.
• "What the Ukrainians Are Fighting For", The Bulwark, March 9, 2022.
• "Making Putin Pay: How the West Can Push Back Against Russia" (with John Herbst and William Taylor), Foreign Affairs, February 26, 2022.
• "Ukraine Isn’t the Only Target of Putin’s Aggression" (with Ian Kelly), The Bulwark, February 22, 2022.
• "Russia’s influence in Latin America grows while US focuses on Ukraine" (with Luis Guillermo Solis), Miami Herald, February 16, 2022.
• "The Spread of Putin’s Repression to Ukraine" (with Clint Williamson), American Purpose, February 11, 2022.
• "Keep NATO’s Door Open to Ukraine" (with Eric Edelman), Foreign Affairs, January 31, 2022.
• "Biden Is Learning How to Deal with Putin", The Bulwark, January 27, 2022.
• "No, Putin Has Not Backed Himself Into a Corner on Ukraine", The Dispatch, January 7, 2022.
• "Biden still doesn’t have a U.S. ambassador in Ukraine — and it’s not the Senate’s fault" (with John E. Herbst), Washington Post, January 4, 2022.
• "It’s About More Than Ukraine" (with Ian Kelly and Eric Edelman), The Dispatch, December 23, 2021.
• "Putin Can’t Be Allowed to Re-Divide Europe" (with Ian Kelly and Eric Edelman), The Bulwark, December 22, 2021.
• "In the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Standing Up to Putin Is Our Only Credible Option" (with Toomas Hendrik Ilves), Politico, December 2, 2021.
• "Biden’s Summit for Democracy shouldn’t be just a photo op" (with Michael J. Abramowitz), Washington Post, November 23, 2021.
• "Time for the U.S. and E.U. to Get Tough with Georgia", The Bulwark, November 12, 2021.
• "What I Wish the U.S. Had Done About Putin Years Ago – And What Biden Should Do Now", Politico, September 4, 2021.
• "Here's How Biden Should Strengthen Ties With Ukraine" (with William B. Taylor), NPR, August 31, 2021.
• "Georgia Turns Its Back on the West" (with Ian Kelly), Foreign Policy, August 20, 2021.
• "Biden’s Meeting With Tsikhanouskaya Boosts Belarusian Democracy" (with Vlad Kobets), The Dispatch, August 5, 2021.
• "Biden Caves, Gives Putin Another Pipeline to Europe" (with Benjamin Parker), The Bulwark, July 22, 2021.
• "Right-Wing Violence Threatens Georgian Democracy" (with Besiki Kutateladze), The Bulwark, July 13, 2021.
• "The West Gets Serious With Lukashenko—but Not Serious Enough" (with Vlad Kobets), Foreign Policy, July 6, 2021.
• "The Biden-Putin Summit Has Opened the Floodgates" (with Eric Edelman), The Dispatch, June 25, 2021.
• "Table for Two", American Purpose, June 22, 2021.
• "Five Ways Biden Can Get the Most from His Meeting with Putin" (with Daniel Baer), The Bulwark, June 14, 2021.
• "Putin’s Climate Envoy Should Be Persona Non Grata" (with Toomas Hendrik Ilves), American Purpose, June 4, 2021.
• "How the West Must Handle Lukashenko’s Threat to the International Order" (with Eric Edelman), The Dispatch, May 25, 2021.
• "Is Biden Going Soft on Putin?", The Bulwark, May 24, 2021.
• "Keep One Eye on Xi and the Other on Putin" (with Daniel Baer), The Bulwark, May 11, 2021.
• "Navalny’s Brutal Treatment Is the Rule, Not the Exception", CEPA, April 28, 2021.
• "National Security Relies on Global Democracy" (with Nicole Bibbins Sedaca), The Bulwark, April 26, 2021.
• "How the U.S. Should Respond to the Trouble in Georgia" (with Ian Kelly), The Bulwark, March 29, 2021.
• "A Country on the Verge: The Case for Supporting Georgia" (with Ian Kelly), The German Marshall Fund of the United States, March 15, 2021.
• "Lukashenko's Brutal Crackdown Has Lethal Help from Moscow" (with Vlad Kobets), Foreign Policy, March 4, 2021.
• "What America’s Allies Want and Need to Hear from Biden" (with Robert S. Gelbard), The Bulwark, February 18, 2021.
• "The Biden Administration: Facing Challenges Galore at Home and Abroad", Economic Policy Research Center, February 15, 2021.
• "Confronting Putin Requires More Backbone, Not More Understanding" (with John Herbst), The Bulwark, January 22, 2021.
• "How Democracy Makes America Great" (with Arch Puddington), American Purpose, January 4, 2021.
• "Cracks Appear Among Lukashenko’s Security Forces" (with Vlad Kobets), Foreign Policy, December 14, 2020.
• "Pragmatists, Professionals, and Patriots on Biden’s National Security Team" (with John B. Bellinger III), The Bulwark, December 9, 2020.
• "Pompeo Plays Favorites in the Georgia Runoffs", The Bulwark, November 17, 2020.
• "Biden's Putin Challenge", Foreign Policy, November 13, 2020.
• "On foreign policy, November’s winner will have his hands full" (with Lindsay Lloyd), The Sun Sentinel, October 1, 2020.
• "Corruption and Coverup in Mike Pompeo’s State Department", The Bulwark, June 20, 2020.
• "The Pandemic, Democracy, and the United States: Implications for the Black Sea Region", presented by the Economic Policy Research Center in partnership with the Black Sea Trust, June 15, 2020.
• "Baku to the Future" (with Richard Kauzlarich), CEPA, June 3, 2020.
• "No Time to Go Soft on Putin", The American Interest, June 2, 2020.
• "Freedom of Movement Is a Right, Not a Privilege" (with Michael J. Abramowitz), The American Interest, May 21, 2020.
• "The pandemic and human rights: State Department's CUR is not the cure" (with John Shattuck, Harold Hongju Koh, Michael Posner and Tom Malinowski), The Hill, May 14, 2020.
• "As Covid Brings New Repression, Democracies Must Push Back" (with Michael J. Abramowitz), RealClear Politics, May 8, 2020.
• "Putin, Trump and the Pandemic", The American Interest, April 22, 2020.
• "The Pandemic and a Free Press" (with Arch Puddington), The American Interest, April 21, 2020.
• “A Renewed Strategic Dialogue with Russia?: Putin has done nothing to deserve an extended hand from the West”, New Eastern Europe, Jan-March 2020.
• “LOYAL TO A FAULT: Pompeo Should Go—and I Don’t Mean to Ukraine”, The American Interest, January 28, 2020.
• “DANGEROUS NEGLECT: A Rough Start in 2020 to U.S.-Ukraine Relations”, The American Interest, January 2, 2020.
• “Why Putin’s Threat to Belarus Can’t Be Ignored” (with Michael Carpenter and Vlad Kobets), The American Interest, December 21, 2019.
• “Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC” (with Eric Edelman), The American Interest, November 14, 2019.
• “Why Mike Pompeo must go” (with Richard Kauzlarich), Washington Post, October 25, 2019.
• “DEMOCRACY WATCH: As the World Marches for Freedom, Where is Trump?”, The American Interest, October 11, 2019.
• “Those who worked with Trump must now tell Congress what they know”, Washington Post, October 8, 2019.
• “It’s Ukraine That Loses in Whistleblower-Gate”, The American Interest, September 24, 2019.
• “In Georgia, friends of the West are suddenly under fire”, Washington Post, September 19, 2019.
• “A Trump-Zelensky Meeting? On Second Thought…”, The American Interest, September 10, 2019.
• “Human Rights Problems A Commission Won’t Solve”, The American Interest, August 30, 2019.
• “Trump wants Russia to join the G-7. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea”, Washington Post, August 27, 2019.
• “Only Moscow Benefits from rising Tbilisi-Baku tensions”, OC Media, July 30, 2019.
• “Time to Pay Attention to Belarus” (with Vlad Kobets), EUObserver.com, July 12, 2019.
• “The Fight for the Poorest Country in Europe” (with William Hill), The American Interest, July 2, 2019.
• “Ukraine Inaugurates A New President”, Ukraine Alert website of the Atlantic Council, May 23, 2019.
• “What Zelenskiy’s Victory Means for Ukraine”, Ukraine Alert website of the Atlantic Council, April 25, 2019.
• “Russia Is No Great Power Competitor”, The American Interest, April 24, 2019.
• “Venezuela isn't Syria: Why the US shouldn't overreact to Putin's bluff” (with Brian Fonseca and Frank O. Mora), CNN Opinion, February 1, 2019.
• “Human Rights Suffers a Major Blow” (with John Stack), The American Interest, December 4, 2018.
• “A Strategic Alliance in the Making: Should the U.S. be worried about a Sino-Russian alliance emerging?” (with Brian Fonseca), The American Interest, September 17, 2018.
• “John McCain: The Enemy of Evil”, The American Interest, September 4, 2018.
• “Enlarge NATO to Ensure Peace in Europe” (with Damon Wilson), in The Atlantic Council Blog, August 7, 2018.
• “Ukraine Thrown Under the Bus?”, The American Interest, July 23, 2018.
• “I’m on Putin’s list but I’m not the real victim”, Politico Europe, July 22, 2018.
• “Putin is about to con Trump in Helsinki. Here’s how”, Washington Post, July 9, 2018.
• “The Folly of Engaging with Putin”, Delfi (Lithuania), June 13, 2018.
• “Do Not Revive the G-8 or Invite Putin to DC”, The American Interest, June 11, 2018.
• “The State of Democracy in Europe and Eurasia: Four Challenges”, The Foreign Service Journal, May 2018.
• “Azerbaijan’s Election Is a Farce”, Foreign Policy, April 11, 2018.
• “Getting Tough with Aliyev”, The American Interest, October 17, 2017.
• “From Russia, With Fear", Cairo Review of the book Who Lost Russia? by Peter Conradi, Fall 2017.
• “Russia Isn’t the Answer to America’s Problems With North Korea”, Foreign Policy, September 28, 2017.
• “Remembering 1982”, NED Special Report. (This publication is no longer available online, please consult the National Endowment for Democracy website for more information.)
• “Talking to Putin Won’t Work”, The American Interest, July 6, 2017.

Other relevant documents and resources

• Havel Conversations Collection: a series of interviews about Havel's life and work available at the dPanther digital repository.
• "An Unfinished Dialogue between Václav Havel and Oswaldo Payá": a documentary featuring interviews with human rights advocates Rosa-Maria Payá and Orlando Pardolazzo, Cuban rock band “Porno Para Ricardo”, and musician Arturo Sandoval.
• House of Representatives Resolution H. Res. 506: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Václav Havel (2014).
• Lecture by Director Martin Palouš on the "Czech – U.S. Relationship at the Beginning of the 21st Century".
• "On Leadership": Director Martin Palouš reflects on leadership and non-violent democratic revolution in this compelling video.
• Series of interviews of Director Martin Palouš on Charter 77 and the Velvet Revolution (Columbia, 2006).
• "Power of the Powerless", 1978 essay by Václav Havel.
• "Solidarity of the Shaken" seminar, organized by the Václav Havel Library (with introductory remarks by Director Martin Palouš).
• Panel on "Defending Transatlantic Unity: The Future of the Transatlantic Bond and the Czech-American Relations", as part of the Atlantic Council's event "Twenty-Five Years of Freedom Through the Eyes of Czech and American Envoys".
• "Václav Havel: Champion of the Heart, Builder of a Nation", 2014 New York Encounter, with the special participation of Director Martin Palouš.
• Episode of Quest's World of Wonder (CNN) featuring an interview with Director Martin Palouš.
• Exhibition Fortress in Terezin: ceremonial meeting with the authors of the exhibition "Fortress 1980" Jirí Sozanský and Ivan Bukovský, with the special participation of Director Martin Palouš.
• Panel discussion on "Cuba after July 11" (moderated by Director Martin Palouš) at the 25th Forum 2000 Conference: "What Now? Building Back Democratically".
• "'1989' in Retrospect": panel discussion featuring Director Martin Palouš, as part of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation's conference, "The End(s) of Communism: Paths to De-Communization in the Former Eastern Bloc".
• Video produced as part of the "Memory of Nations" project, in cooperation with Post Bellum and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
• Episode 456 "Human Rights and Politics" of Project Save the World podcast, featuring Director Martin Palouš.
• "The Lessons of Ukraine for Captive Nations around the world": panel discussion featuring Director Martin Palouš, as part of the Captive Nations Summit at the Victims of Communism Museum.
• Director Martin Palouš visits street exhibition organized by the Prague Russian Antiwar Committee in Prague.