Many Russians were happy to exchange the freedoms of the 1990s for a stream of oil money and a concept of ‘order’ guaranteed by a paternalistic leader. Putin’s popularity may …

Interviewed by Ludger Hagedorn, Czech political scientist Pavel Barša makes the case for a balance between the ideals of liberalism and collective sovereignty. Barša argues that individual freedom and civil …

Disinformation in the EP election Although the Kremlin did try to interfere in European politics, focusing on Russia is misleading. Since some governments in the European Union are more interested …

Two Walls in 1989   While the rest of the world concentrated on the fall of the Berlin Wall, another wall in China brought about a different type of change. …

The article argues that the Habsburg empire declined and ultimately collapsed—with disastrous consequences for the global geopolitical system—not because of its critics, such as, Frantisek Palacky or Thomas Masaryk, or …

UK, Estonia and Latvia after the EP election What next for Britain and the EU? Though the Brexit Party will now be one of the largest national parties in the …

The Russian Federation has been using different ways to influence the domestic affairs of European countries and manipulate Russian public opinion. Russian state channels are flagship tools for both of …

How (un)democratic is the EU? Democracy is being denied by the EU’s leaders. At fault are not ‘Brussels bureaucrats’ but the member states and their representatives. Lack of transparency makes …

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s links to the Party of Regions lead to a trail of breadcrumbs that ends in the American capital. Volodymyr Zelenskiy was inaugurated as Ukraine’s sixth president on …

The leaders of the European Union guide democracy in name only. In practice, they constantly override it and violate fundamental democratic norms on a grand scale. The anti-democratic practices in …

Sometimes things get clearer with distance; step away from a pointillist painting, and what appeared as chaos begins to take shape. Since moving to this country – a country I’ve …

In the run up to the European Parliamentary elections in May, editors from the Eurozine network will be reporting on national debates from across the EU. First up in the …

The lack of ideological distinctions between Ukraine’s presidential candidates may allow them to be responsive to citizens’ needs, however it has also led to populist short-termism. With liberal, modernizing platforms …

Give some younger people access to some older technology, have them try to figure out how to use it, and you are sure to create your own comedy special. In …