Catégorie : Articles
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Milorad Dodik before the courts, Bosnia and Herzegovina in a deadlock
By Neira Sabanovic, Free University of Brussels. This article was first published on the French website Le Rubicon on the 11th of July 2025. Link to the original article in French: Milorad Dodik face à la justice : la Bosnie-Herzégovine dans l’impasse – Le Rubicon. The conviction of Milorad Dodik, president of the Serb entity…
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What the early pessimists on Eastern Europe got right
By Sean Hanley, University College of London. This contribution is drawn from an article written by Sean Hanley on his webiste. Be sure to subscribe to it if you want to be informed of his future contributions and to support his work. After 1989, a few scholars warned Eastern Europe’s new democracies would rapidly fail.…
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Importing prejudice: why is xenophobia surging in Romania?
By Maria Luisa Guerava, Romanian researcher and activist for progressive issues. This article was first published in Cross-Boarder Talks on 5th of September 2025. Link to the original article: Importing prejudice: why is xenophobia surging in Romania? – Cross-border Talks. In the past couple of weeks, xenophobia seems to have reached a new height, with…
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Hungarian heresy in the mirror of history
By László Andor, Secretary General for the Foundation for European Progressive Studies. From the very start of the Russia—Ukraine war, Hungary has been seen as an outlier in the EU, due to the ostensibly pro-Moscow pivot of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He took decisions against Hungarian arms deliveries to Ukraine, or even just to allow…
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Reduction of the role of the State after 1989 and its consequences on the public sphere in Poland.
By Sarah Bomba, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris. The dynamics of institutional transformation in Poland after 1989 have led to a gradual erosion of its democracy. Following 1989, the Polish state increasingly embraced the principles of the free market, characterized by a significant reduction in taxes and a growing influence of…