Central Europe

Courtesy Reuters

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech at the National University of Public Service in Budapest, Hungary, April 2018.

Bernadett Szabo / REUTERS

How Illiberal Leaders Attack Civil Society

Increasingly, attacks on civil society and independent media have become normalized throughout central Europe, threatening the future of democracy in the region.

Michael Abramowitz and Nate Schenkkan

Start Year

{{bucket.key_as_string}}

End Year

{{indexVM.results.hits.total | number:0}} Articles

No results found. Please try update your search.

Civil Society Apr 6, 2018 Snapshot

How Illiberal Leaders Attack Civil Society

Increasingly, attacks on civil society and independent media have become normalized throughout central Europe, threatening the future of democracy in the region.

Michael Abramowitz and Nate Schenkkan

Central Europe Mar 7, 2018 Snapshot

Pope Francis' Silence on Central Europe's Migration Crackdown

Pope Francis' decentralized approach to church decision-making means he's unlikely to criticize Central Europe's migration policies.

Victor Gaetan

Pope Francis shakes hands with Polish President Andrzej Duda at a welcoming ceremony at Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, July 2016.

Security Nov 10, 2017 Snapshot

How Romania and Poland Can Strengthen NATO and the EU

Romania and Poland devised two initiatives aimed at enhancing their positions within both NATO and EU: the Bucharest Nine (B9) and the Three Seas Initiative (3SI).

Vasile Rotaru and Andreas Umland

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis arrive for the 63rd NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest, Romania, October 2017.

Domestic Politics Nov 3, 2017 Snapshot

Why Poland's Law and Justice Party Remains So Popular

Poland's Law and Justice Party (PiS) has effectively combining social conservatism and nationalism with welfarism.

Remi Adekoya

Leader of Law and Justice party Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks during a joint news conference with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, Speaker of Parliament Marek Kuchcinski, Speaker of Senate Stanislaw Karczewski, and Parliamentary head of Law and Justice Rys

Central Europe Mar 30, 2017 Snapshot

The EU's Other Migration Problem

As Western Europe continues to grapple with an influx of immigrants and refugees, its central and eastern European neighbors are dealing with the opposite problem:...

Tej Parikh

Law & Institutions Sep 21, 2016 Response

Poland Is Not Hungary

Dan Kelemen's argument that Poland is attempting to introduce a populist autocracy along the lines of Orban's Hungary conceals essential differences between the two...

Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski and Roland Benedikter

A woman participates in an anti-government protest in Warsaw, March 2016.

Labor Sep 27, 2015 Snapshot

A Self-Interested Approach to Migration Crises

Recent research overturns the standard narrative about refugee crises: that addressing them mainly means curtailing the conflict and poverty that “push” migrants away...

Michael A. Clemens and Justin Sandefur

Afghan refugees seek shelter at a metro station during a rain storm in Victoria Square, where hundreds of migrants and refugees sleep, in central Athens ,September 26, 2015.

Refugees & Migration Sep 12, 2015 Snapshot

Strange Fruit

Refugees' unnecessary deaths aren't just about migration or conflict. It is also about borders, visas, regional integration, and how these man-made structures modify...

Nanjala Nyabola

Syrian refugees are reflected in a puddle as they wait for their turn to enter Macedonia at Greece's border, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 11, 2015.

NATO Oct 15, 2009 Snapshot

From the Archives: 1989

The Editors

Politics & Society Aug 6, 2014 Postscript

Moscow's Trojan Horse

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban recently announced his government’s decisive break with liberal democracy. If EU leaders do not address this problem, they could...

Jan-Werner Müller

Strategy & Conflict Jun 3, 2014 Snapshot

The Estonian Spymasters

Over the past five years, Tallinn has concentrated on proving to itself and to its NATO allies that it is able to defend itself against Russia, using overt and covert...

Michael Weiss

Security Dec 4, 2012 Snapshot

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Pivot?

Two of the Obama administration’s high-profile foreign policy gambits, the “reset” with Russia and the “pivot” to Asia, have made central and eastern Europe nervous,...

Pawel Swieboda

Economics January/February 2013 Comment

Paywall-Free

The Fall and Rise of the West

While the grim effects of the 2008 financial crisis still resonate across the globe, the recession wasn't all bad: it triggered fundamental economic restructuring, and...

Roger C. Altman

Post-Conflict Reconstruction October 1930 Essay

The Eastern Reparations Settlement

Royall Tyler

Regional Organizations September 1922 Essay

The Little Entente

Eduard Beneš

Politics & Society Jan 20, 2010 Reading List

Paywall-Free

What to Read on Fascism

An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on fascism.

David Art

Political Economy Nov 4, 2009 Reading List

Paywall-Free

What to Read on Communism

An annotated Foreign Affairs syllabus on communism.

Stephen Kotkin

Global Institutions Summer 1989 Essay

Central European Security

The threat of war between NATO and the WP still exists, though it is lessening. It could be further reduced by arms control and defence policies conducive "toward a...

Henry Owen and Edward C. Meyer

Eastern Europe Caucasus - Foreign Affairs

U.S. Foreign Policy Summer 1987 Essay

The U.S. and Eastern Europe

There is a need to re-evaluate US policies towards Eastern Europe in the light of Gorbachev's reforms. There is no prospect of fundamental change in relations between...

William H. Luers

Eastern Europe & Caucasus Summer 1987 Essay

Gorbachev and Eastern Europe

'Glasnost' finds the Eastern European countries out of step with the USSR. They are reluctant to follow Moscow's lead because they are sceptical about Gorbachev's...

Charles Gati

Showing 1 - 20 of 20 Results Total

Showing {{indexVM.results.hits.total | number:0}} Results Showing 1-{{indexVM.results.hits.total | number:0}} of {{indexVM.results.hits.total | number:0}} Results Total Showing 1-{{indexVM.page * indexVM.pageSize}} of {{indexVM.results.hits.total | number:0}} Results Total

Central Europe

How Illiberal Leaders Attack Civil Society

Region Timeline {{indexVM.results.hits.total | number:0}} articles found. Drag timeline edges to narrow the date range of the articles.

Filters

Sort