By Dr Luke Cooper, consultant researcher for the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit and co-author of Covid-19 and the new authoritarianism (LSE CCS, 2020) Since the revolutions of 1848…
By Dr Przemysław Tacik, Assistant Professor, Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University Protests focusing on the legality of abortion laws swept across Poland in late October and early November 2020.…
By Lukas Fiala. Project Coordinator of China Foresight at LSE IDEAS Photo: Wikimedia.org The 17+1 (formerly 16+1), a cooperation mechanism between China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, has…
by Galan Dall, Editor-at-Large, Visegrad Insight & Res Publica Nova The dramatic results from the 4th April elections have changed the political landscape in Bulgaria. While prime minister Boyko Borissov’s…
by Megan Palmer and Mădălina Mocan The Ratiu Forum is partnered with the Central and South-East Europe Programme (CSEEP) at LSE IDEAS, but that is not the only connection the…
by Sarah Coolican, Research Associate, LSE IDEAS pixabay.com The type of conflicts the world has been witnessing since the fall of the Soviet Union, is different in nature to the European wars…
In our ongoing series exploring the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in the CSEE region, Garry Robson and Maciej Smółka examine a pattern of declining transparency by the governments of…
Megan Palmer - Programme Manager, LSE IDEAS Central and East-Europe Programme The Rațiu Dialogues on Democracy continue a long tradition of events dedicated to Ion Rațiu's lifelong commitment to promoting democracy…
In the next contribution to our LSE IDEAS and Ratiu Forum blog series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the CEE region, Mădălina Mocan and Kinga Sata, from…
This article is part of our ongoing series by LSE IDEAS and the Ratiu Forum analysing the Covid-19 pandemic within a regional context. Here, Artur Gruszczak, Chair of National Security…