Democratic transition in Slovakia – An Environmental Game-Changer
In her lead article Ulrike Reinhard asks wherever “democracies are dressing climate challenge better than non-democracies?” Let’s look at the case of Slovakia, a country that left the non-democratic...
View ArticleDemocracy, natural disasters and political ignorance
Democracies handle natural disasters much better than nondemocracies, but still democratic disaster policy is negatively affected by widespread political ignorance. Read more
View ArticleYouth Unemployment in Africa and its Political Implications
Africa is a young continent, with 65 percent of the continent’s population is under the age of 24, with over 40 percent of the total population below the age of 16, and about 25 percent between the...
View ArticleBudapest in Warsaw?
‘Ladies and Gentlemen, I am deeply convinced that the day of our success will come, that Warsaw will be like Budapest.’ Jarosław Kaczyński on election night, 9th October 2011 Jarosław Kaczyński in...
View ArticleLiberal Economy, Illiberal Democracy – The case of Turkey
June 2013, Turkey: Stability, Prosperity and Revolt (Photo by Can Askin – unpublished before) Why growth and prosperity has failed to achieve social peace At the height of the euro crisis in 2011, I...
View ArticleWhen Polenta Explodes
Protests, Poverty and Prosperity in Perspective 2012 started with a bang in Bucharest. The usually sedate Romanian capital erupted with protests the likes of which had not been seen for at least a...
View ArticleGas Politics and Gay Rights: Russia’s Soft Power Problems
The Sochi Olympics seem to be living up to this saying even before their oficial start.Photo courtesy of Tjebbe van Tijen on Flickr CC By 2.0 In Romanian, the word ‘maidan’ means empty, weed-choked...
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