Mark Dietrich

Mark Dietrich is the Vice President of the East-West Management Institute (EWMI), a New York based not-for-profit organization that implemented rule of law and civil society strengthening projects in Georgia from 2010 – 2025, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Mr. Dietrich has implemented, designed and directed rule of law programs around the world since 1993, including in Albania, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Liberia, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Mr. Dietrich is also President of the Alliance for American Rule of Law (AAROL), a new organization dedicated to protecting the rule of law in the United States, and is a member of the New York Bar.

My Events:

Protests against the law "on foreign influence", Tblisi, 2024

Georgia's Democratic Promise and Crisis: Institutions, Law, and Civic Resistance

Wednesday, April 15, 2026
12:15 to 1:20pm EDT

In person

Since regaining independence in 1991, Georgia has been regarded as one of the most promising democratic reformers in the post-Soviet region. Nearly three decades later, Georgia is experiencing significant political and institutional strain. Recent legislative developments, tensions between governing institutions, and large-scale public protests have raised concerns about the resilience of democratic safeguards, and the future of the country’s development.

Mark Dietrich

Vice President, East-West Management Institute (EWMI)

Ana Natsvlishvili

Human Rights and Policy Expert, McCain Institute

Grzegorz Ekiert

Director, Davis Center; Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government; Senior Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Harvard University

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