Ambassador Hill Gives CR Lecture

On Monday, February 9th, Ambassador William Hill presented a public lecture on “The OSCE and Moldovan-Transdniestrian Conflict Resolution” in the Johnson Center Cinema. This lecture followed a discussion with the class CONF 495 Organizations and Actors in the Conflict Field.

Ambassador Hill is a Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar and served two terms as the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, where he was charged with the negotiation of a political settlement to the Transdniestrian conflict and facilitation of the withdrawal of Russian forces, arms, and ammunition from Moldova. When the war erupted over South Ossetia in August, pitting Georgian, South Ossetian, and Russian military forces against each other in a five day war, many raised questions about the prospects for settling the similarly structured post-Soviet Transdniestrian conflict. Moldova claims Trandniestrian as part of Moldova, but Transdniestria asserts independence. This conflict continues as a frozen conflict today.