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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...

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Democracy, 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

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Youth 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...

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Budapest 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...

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Liberal 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June 2013, Turkey: Stability, Prosperity and Revolt (Photo by Can Askin – unpublished before)   Why growth and prosperity has failed to achieve social peace At the height of the euro crisis in 2011, I...

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When 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...

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Gas 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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