Helping Europe through its crisis of illiberal politics
Twenty years after the U.S. brokered peace in Bosnia, leaders who once pledged to rebuild a European democracy here are shunning the West, The Wall Street Journal reports: In the… Read more »
Category: illiberalism
Politicizing Islam: Exploring Means and Objectives
The role of Islam in government continues to be a pressing issue in many Muslim societies, The Stimson Center reports. Since the Arab Spring that began in 2010, the world… Read more »
Unraveling of Post-1989 Order – The Specter Haunting Europe
The unraveling of the post–Cold War liberal order is manifested by the West’s declining influence in international politics; the waning attraction of liberal democracy; and the maturing tensions within liberal… Read more »
Once a symbol of hope, Hungary now a study in democratic frailty
Protesters with referee whistles disturbed the Hungarian government’s commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the anti-Soviet revolution of 1956 on Sunday, as supporters of Prime Minister Viktor Orban tried to… Read more »
Cold War 2.0? Confront authoritarianism by defending democratic values
Gen Sir Richard Shirreff remembers the moment he realized Nato was facing a new and more dangerous Russia. It was 19 March 2014, the day after Russia annexed Crimea from… Read more »
Illiberalism and authoritarianism can be successfully challenged
Illiberalism and authoritarianism in central and eastern Europe can be successfully challenged, according to Tom Junes, a member of the Human and Social Studies Foundation and a visiting fellow at… Read more »
Are Eastern Europe’s new illiberal democracies sustainable?
Hungary’s largest daily newspaper was unexpectedly shut down on Saturday (8 October), fueling concerns over a government crackdown on critical media. Nepszabadsag’s print and online editions were abruptly shut on… Read more »
Does populism’s rise mean liberalism’s end?
Liberal democracy may be facing dark times, as a conference at the National Endowment (left and below) this week suggested. But this is not the first time the Liberal Story… Read more »
Poland highlights the ‘specter haunting Europe’
Tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw Saturday (24 September) to rally against moves by the rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) government that they… Read more »
The Illiberal Turn? Reasserting Democratic Values in Central and Eastern Europe
Michael Ignatieff begins his new post this fall as president and rector of the famed Central European University – about as politically charged a job there is right now in… Read more »