The Adriatic Institute for Public Policy (AI) is an independent free market

Free market

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 think tank

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 founded in 2004 in Rijeka

Rijeka

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, Croatia

Croatia

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. It is dedicated to advancing personal and economic freedoms, democracy

Democracy

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 and the rule of law

Rule of law

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 in Croatia and other post-Communist countries in Southeastern Europe.

AI organizes:

• the annual International Leaders Summit on Economic Growth (ILS)
• the strategic ILS Economic Roundtable events in Belgrade
  Belgrade
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  , Brussels
  Brussels
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  , Ljubljana
  Ljubljana
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  , Prague
  Prague
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  , Warsaw
  Warsaw
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  , Washington, DC, and Zagreb
  Zagreb
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• the Libertas Debate Series.

The annual ILS events have taken place in the European Parliament

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 in Brussels, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Zagreb, Croatia.

Institute's executive board and research posts are occupied by leading free-market economists and business leaders, such as Edwin Meese III, John Blundell

John Blundell (economist)

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, Dr. Andrey Illarionov

Andrey Illarionov

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, Monica Macovei

Monica Macovei

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, Maurice McTigue

Maurice McTigue

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, Ivan Mikloš

Ivan Mikloš

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, Dr. Alvin Rabushka

Alvin Rabushka

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, Dr. Daniel J. Mitchell

Daniel J. Mitchell

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and others.