Weakened by 9 years of authoritarian rule and a lack of resources, the opposition was able to show that even small successes can lay the foundations for the future.
Under Attack: Reproductive Rights in Poland
As we walk by the hospital in the early afternoon drizzle, Małgorzata Adamczyk points to an empty parking space across …
Abortions, amnesties and accusations: September in Czech and Slovak politics
September sees protests in the Czech Republic and a fight over abortion in Slovakia.
Hope and Fear in LGBT Poland
Sitting in the narrow Warsaw apartment that doubles as an LGBT advocacy group’s headquarters, Stanisław Orszulak doesn’t feel confident about …
Political Cynicism: The Case of Poland
The authors predict that Poland currently faces three potential political scenarios.
Moving a statue the Czech way
To clean or not to clean Prague’s statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev — a man known locally as …
Doomed to Failure: Orban’s neoconservative family policies in Hungary
Despite the spread of patriarchal, neoconservative politics in Central Europe, the last years have also brought a growing awareness of …