Catégorie : Opinions
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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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War, Justice, Politics.
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By Antony Todorov, New Bulgarian University. We usually understand war as organized mass violence, justice as an ethical category, and politics as the “art of the possible” and a way of living together, despite our differences. Their combination is always a great test of reason and morality. The war in Ukraine has put to the…
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From Nicușor to President Dan.
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By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848, on the 2nd of June 2025. Link of the original article in Romanian: De la Nicușor la președintele Dan – Comunitatea Liberala. It happened the same way back in 1996: during the campaign and on the night of…
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RE: Strategy Proposals to react to #TariffEscalation – To: Governments of the Western Balkans
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For the Western Balkan countries, the US market per se is not very relevant, only indirectly via the economies they sell to. They have little to offer for any kind of negotiation, at least not officially, except for Zero tariffs on US goods. The recommendation is to focus on new markets, regional and EU first,…