StrategEast Westernization Index 2020: Cross-country Analysis

Join us for a presentation by Anatoly Motkin, founder and president of StrategEast.

The StrategEast Westernization Index 2020 assesses the processes of adherence to Western values in post-Soviet countries outside of Russia across five dimensions: political, legal, economic, cultural, and lifestyle.

This second edition of the Index, like the first one released in 2018, is the only report to analyze the fourteen countries of the post-Soviet, non-Russian region (PSNR) as a whole. It measures each country’s wholesale integration into the Western world across many sectors and is prepared by experts from the region.

The present edition of the Index has additional features revealing both a static and a dynamic picture of Westernization in the post-Soviet countries outside of Russia. This second edition shows trends in political, economic, and legal Westernization, and by extension, the effectiveness of efforts by Western institutions operating in the region.

The Index is intended as a tool for public institutes, both in the post-Soviet, non-Russian region itself, and in the West.

Anatoly Motkin has over two decades of experience in the development of media and political projects in Eurasian countries to support various programs and combat corruption in the region. He has devoted much of his career to assisting the processes of Westernization in Eurasian states through the launching of a variety of media, political, and business initiatives aimed to drive social awareness and connect communities. He has successfully invested in multiple technology startups, such as one of the most popular messaging apps and the ridesharing service, which was recently acquired by the on-demand ride service Gett.