Ukraine's New Direction
The return of Viktor Yanukovych, who was elected president of Ukraine in February, has sparked fears among some that the momentum of Ukraine’s domestic political and economic reforms would be lost.
· September 21, 2010
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John Hewko
Nonresident Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Program
about
John Hewko is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
John Hewko was a nonresident senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment’s Democracy and Rule of Law Program. His research focuses on international development issues, democracy promotion, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Prior to joining Carnegie, Hewko was vice president of operations and compact development at the Millennium Challenge Corporation from 2004 to 2009, where he was the principal U.S. negotiator for foreign assistance agreements with 26 countries in Africa, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union. During 2009 he was a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Previously, Hewko was an international partner with the law firm Baker and McKenzie (where he was resident in the firm’s Moscow, Kiev, and Prague offices), executive secretary to the International Advisory Council of the Ukrainian Parliament, visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment, and adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.
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A.B., Hamilton College; M.Litt., St. Antony’s College at Oxford University; J.D., Harvard Universitylanguages
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Millennium Challenge Corporation: Can the Experiment Survive?
April 12, 2010
In its first six years of existence the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has performed admirably in the face of both numerous challenges and unrealistic expectations. Its future success, however, is not assured.
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- Sheila Herrling,
- Darius Teter,
- Thomas Carothers,
- John Hewko
Millennium Challenge Corporation: Can the Experiment Survive?
The Millennium Challenge Corporation is a valuable U.S. development tool that could reach its full potential if protected from Washington’s emphasis on short-term political victories.
· March 29, 2010
Foreign Direct Investment: Does the Rule of Law Matter?
The philosophical framework the international development community has traditionally used to carry out its legislative and institutional reform efforts in the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is incomplete and has failed to take into account several critical concepts and factors.
No Need to Cry for Argentina
The roots of Argentina's recent crisis go well beyond the current debate about the failings of a particular economic policy or multilateral institution. The principal fault for Argentina's woes lies squarely with the country's political and economic elite.