The Restoration of Freedom

The analogy with feudalism helps us understand the baffling changes that unexpectedly appeared during the transition away from communist rule.

Thirty years ago in Central and Eastern Europe, belief in an open society and a sense of reasserted national and indeed European identity seemed to go hand-in-hand. But that was…

Is democracy in East-Central Europe suffering because of a lack of liberal zeal among elites, as Dawson and Hanley contend, or is it because liberal policies have failed to deliver…