by takas@bu.edu | Apr 10, 2019 | Boston University
While Western European countries are in a political turmoil, some Central and Eastern European countries face an even graver crisis. Bolstered by skepticism with regards to the European Union, which has been perceived to have failed to sufficiently deal with the...
by Nicole Wells | Mar 25, 2018 | American University
Just before the Hungarian national election in 2014, Prime Minister Victor Orban declared his intention to build an illiberal state in Hungary. Orban said the “Hungarian nation is not a simple sum of individuals, but a community that needs to be organized,...
by Lindsey Powell | Mar 14, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
On March 12th, Austrian citizens and political elites gathered at Heldenplatz, the public courtyard in front of Vienna’s Hofburg Palace. The date marks the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s “Anschluss”, or annexation, of Austria in 1938. On that date, Hitler...
