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%T Moldovan presidential elections driven by insecurity not geopolitics: resident-elect Sandu may have found a cure against populism %A Minzarari, Dumitru %P 4 %V 59/2020 %D 2020 %K Wahlanalyse; Sandu, Maia; Dodon, Igor; Haltung von Akteuren zu Einzelfragen; Regionale Außenpolitik von Staatengruppen %@ 1861-1761 %~ SWP %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71468-3 %X 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) %C DEU %C Berlin %G en %9 Stellungnahme %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info