{"id":415,"date":"2024-03-12T19:20:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T19:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=415"},"modified":"2024-03-12T19:20:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T19:20:45","slug":"mihai-popsoi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=415","title":{"rendered":"Mihai Popsoi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/690db-mihai-popsoi-e1535535555885-738x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/690db-mihai-popsoi-e1535535555885-738x1024.jpeg 738w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/690db-mihai-popsoi-e1535535555885-216x300.jpeg 216w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/690db-mihai-popsoi-e1535535555885-768x1066.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/690db-mihai-popsoi-e1535535555885.jpeg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Mihai Pop\u0219oi is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Studies at the University of Milan, researching the relationship between Europeanization and democratization in Georgia Moldova and Ukraine. He holds a Bachelors and a Masters degree in International Relations from Moldova State University and another Masters in Public Policy from Central European University and the University of York. He is a political and security analyst affiliated with a leading Moldovan think tank \u2013 Foreign Policy Association of Moldova. He is a contributor to the Jamestown Foundation flagship publication \u2013 Eurasia Daily Monitor and has contributed to IHS Markit, Foreign Policy Research Institute as well as the American Enterprise Institute, having contributed two chapters on Moldova to a recent AEI monograph titled: \u201cTo Have and To Hold: Putin\u2019s Quest for Control in the Former Soviet Empire\u201d (Editor: Leon Aron, 2018). Mihai Popsoi began his professional career as program coordinator at the NATO Center in Moldova.\u00a0\u00a0He then provided in-house political analysis for the Political-Economic Section of the American Embassy in Moldova. As of September 2017, he is the Vice President and International Secretary of the leading opposition party in Moldova \u2013 Action and Solidarity Party. In addition, he is also the founder and contributor at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/moldovanpolitics.com\/\">MoldovanPolitics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mihai Pop\u0219oi is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Studies at the University of Milan, researching the relationship between Europeanization and democratization in Georgia Moldova and Ukraine. 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