Last June Jakub Hlávka, Assistant Research Professor at the University of Southern California, had a chance to attend the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Out of the sixty various panels…

By the time Madeleine Albright declared, in 2006, that “there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women,” her record spoke for itself. For Albright, this was not just a quip; it…

In “Democracy Against Liberalism” the author argues that there are three important political spectra: democracy versus authoritarianism, liberalism versus absolutism and technocracy versus populism.…

interview The American political system is in the most serious crisis in decades, argue Ivan Hodac and Rüdiger Lentz in a double interview with Łukasz Pawłowski. The roots of this crisis go much deeper, they…

interview Speeaking about democratic values, Europe’s future challenges and the question of why Europe is simply the best place to live in the world—Ursula von der Leyen has been President of the European…

Is a rising tide of authoritarianism sweeping across the globe, or are we actually in a hyper-charged era of democracy? As people choose their governments – not just by voting but by moving into like…

We live in times when democracies have to prove they can still meet the needs of their citizens or be defeated by authoritarianism. The major question is how to make democracy deliver security and…

interview Young Belarusians will continue to go to Polish or Lithuanian universities. I am not convinced, however, that this will foster democratization, says Piotr Pogorzelski in an interview with Zbigniew…

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What the best of Central Europe’s emerging top politicians have in common? That evening in mid-March 2019 the Old Market Place Hall in Bratislava was filled with joy and expectation. The…