The Center for the Study of Democracy, or CSD, is a European-based public policy institute dedicated to the values of democracy and market economy. The institute is an independent, non-partisan organization fostering the reform process through impact on policy and civil society.^[1]

CSD's objectives are to:

• Provide an enhanced institutional and policy capacity for a successful European integration process, especially in the area of justice and home affairs;
• Promote institutional reform and the practical implementation of democratic values in legal and economic practice;
• Monitor public attitudes and serve as a watchdog of the institutional reform process.

Founded in late 1989 with the official goal of building bridges between scholars and policy-makers, the institute's work over the years has grown to include policy development and has made inroads into several areas traditionally perceived as the inviolable public property, such as anti-corruption institutional reform and national security. It has had its research cited by major publications such as The New York Times^[2][3][4] and The Wall Street Journal.^[5]