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Belt and Road Initiative investments in Europe seemed the only game in town until recently, but China’s money is now being treated with increasing suspicion.
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December 10, 2021
China Is Losing Ground in Central Europe
Belt and Road Initiative investments in Europe seemed the only game in town until recently, but China’s money is now being treated with increasing suspicion.
November 3, 2021
Central Europe’s V4? More Like V2+V2
Are the four Visegrád countries (the V4), Central Europe’s premier club, an illiberal island within the EU, or something more distinctive?
October 21, 2021
Small-Town Mayor to Fight Hungary’s Orbán
For the first time in 12 years, Hungary’s democratic opposition has a shot at winning the general election
October 5, 2021
Czech Voters Face the Illiberalism Test
The Czech Republic’s billionaire prime minister may follow the Polish-Hungarian path if he wins this week’s parliamentary vote, upsetting the European Union.
September 27, 2021
Central Europe Bids Farewell to Merkel’s Schnitzel Era
Whoever is Merkel's successor, the new boss in Berlin is unlikely to be as indulgent toward the Visegrád group
July 30, 2021
Double or Quits: Hungary and Poland Face EU Decision Time
The European Union (EU) continues to push back against Hungary and Poland for flouting democratic standards.
June 7, 2021
Free to Think
China’s tentacles reach from Budapest to Cambridge University
May 12, 2021
A Counter-Enlightenment Creeps Through Eurasia
Eurasia’s illiberal states are withstanding the liberal democratic project
April 20, 2021
Covid Spats Reveal Central and Eastern Europe’s Political Outlines
The attitudes of Central-Eastern Europeans toward vaccines from the east are starkly different