One crisis too many: power grabbing in Central and Eastern Europe
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…
Post-Coronavirus resilience: no bouncing back
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…
Fear drives the state’s response to COVID-19 in Southeast Europe not the import of a Chinese model
by Vuk Vuksanovic Photo: unsplash.com The response of the Southeastern Europe (SEE) to the COVID-19 pandemics has been swift and marked by strong government restrictions, particularly in countries like Hungary and…
Polish electoral games in times of pandemic
by Pawel Laidler Photo: unsplash.com In our ongoing series exploring the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in the CSEE region, Pawel Laidler analyses how the Polish government’s response to the crisis…
A national answer to a global challenge: The case of Bulgaria
by Lyubomir Kyuchukov, Director of the Economics and International Relations Institute, Sofia Photo: unsplash.com Is an apocalypse inevitable in order to reach a catharsis? The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted once again how…
COVID 19 – Have we got it all wrong?
by Tomas Ries, Associate Professor of Security and Strategy at the Swedish National Defence University in Stockholm The world currently faces two distinct crises. One is the direct danger from…
Words that work in times of COVID-19 crises
by Radu Magdin, analyst and former prime ministerial advisor in Romania and Moldova This is the first in a series by LSE IDEAS and the Ratiu Forum analysing the COVID-19…