Catégorie : Central Europe
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The Impact of Ukrainian War on Poland – Three researchers bring insights
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We have sent two questions to many researchers in Central, Eastern and Balkan Europe about the impact of the war in Ukraine on their respective political landscapes. In this article, three Polish researchers responded and we publish their answers in their entirety. The two questions were: Michal Kurylowicz, Jagellonnian University, Krakow The war in Ukraine…
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The Impact of Ukrainian War on Hungary – Two researchers bring insights
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We have sent two questions to many researchers in Central, Eastern and Balkan Europe about the impact of the war in Ukraine on their respective political landscapes. In this article, two Hungarian researchers responded and we publish their answers in their entirety. The two questions were: Attila Ágh, Corvinus University Ukraine has been blamed for…
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City Diplomacy in Action: How Budapest Navigates the International Stage under the Fidesz-Led Government
By Balázs Brucker, ELTE CERS Institute for Regional Studies, Pécs, Hungary Introduction Over the past decade, cities around the world have become increasingly important players in international affairs.[1] Through the practice of city diplomacy, urban governments engage with global networks, international organizations, and foreign partners – often pursuing agendas that diverge from those of their…
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The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Poland’s Political Landscape and the Perception of the European Union among Society and Political Elites
By Kinga Torbicka, University of Warsaw. Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine triggered a lasting “securitization” of public debate in Poland: issues of defense, national resilience, and deterrence have become the core of state policy. There has been an unprecedented increase in defense spending (over 4.7% of GDP in 2025, with projections reaching 4.81%[1] in 2026),…
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Motorists, Pirates and Dissatisfied Citizens: Recipes for Electoral Success in the Czech Republic
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By Marek Prsin and Tim Haughton, LMU Munich, Germany and University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Czech politics used to be straightforward. For the first two decades after the Velvet Revolution, the story of party politics could be told largely with reference to just four parties. And party competition between the two main parties, the Social…