In recent years, the Slovak political situation has been characterized by instability, polarization, corruption, and a resurgence of populist forces. The political scene has become more …
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How to Defeat Populism: Three Lessons from Slovakia by Jenny W. Xiao
On March 30, 2019 Zuzana Caputova, leader of Progressive Slovakia (PS), won a sweeping victory in the country’s presidential election. In a few months, she will become Slovakia’s first female …
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Democratic Backsliding in the Visegrad Group Threatens European Union’s Future by Simon Machalek
The Visegrad Group, also known as V4 — a cultural and political alliance of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia — used to be seen as a prime example of how countries with an authoritarian …
What do Populists and Reformers Have in Common in This Year’s European Elections? The Environment
by Sarah Ampolsk In observing the elections that have taken place on the European continent thus far in 2019, two countries stand out. The first is Slovakia, one of the four central European …
The Viségrad Group: The New Illiberal Democratic Bloc by Kameron Williams @ University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The fall of communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union brought hope that the newly liberated Central and Eastern European countries would be able to step out of the shackles of authoritarianism …
DEATH TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY by SAMUEL BROGADIR @ UCLA
Topless women, fine Italian suits, and two undisclosed murders… and no this isn’t about a Hollywood movie. The current political climate in Slovakia has gone from deleterious to deplorable in a matter …
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The Democratic Tipping Point in Slovakia by Emma Shahabi @ UCLA
Slovakia has been struggling in recent days to recover some sort of stability following the murders of journalist, Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kusnirova. Kuciak was a journalist investigating …
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