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@book{ Minzarari2020, title = {Moldovan presidential elections driven by insecurity not geopolitics: resident-elect Sandu may have found a cure against populism}, author = {Minzarari, Dumitru}, year = {2020}, series = {SWP Comment}, pages = {4}, volume = {59/2020}, address = {Berlin}, publisher = {Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit}, issn = {1861-1761}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.18449/2020C59}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71468-3}, abstract = {World media have hailed the victory of Maia Sandu in the Moldovan presidential elections on 15 November. They celebrated it as a triumph of democracy and pro-Western preferences over post-Soviet cronyism, authoritarianism and Russian apologists. The reality is more complex while there are few reasons for optimism. Sandu's victory is a fragile one as the conditions that delivered it were temporary only. However, she may have unwittingly discovered how to attract voters who traditionally preferred Russia-backed candidates. The EU would benefit by learning from this accidental solution, which is of value regionwide, and deriving from it a thought-out strategy to more effectively support and protect genuine democratic transformation in Moldova and the post-Soviet area. (author's abstract)}, keywords = {Republik Moldau; Moldova; Präsidentschaftswahl; presidential election; Wahlergebnis; election result; Demokratisierung; democratization; Regierungswechsel; change of government; Machtwechsel; change in power; Russland; Russia; politischer Einfluss; political influence; Wahlverhalten; voting behavior; Diaspora; diaspora; EU; EU}}