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Published in: oDR: AnalysisPutin’s ‘history’ of Ukraine has an all-too Soviet legacyAs Ukraine fights to protect its independence, the Russian president uses familiar rhetoric to deny Ukrainians the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionVáclav Havel and the meaning of socialismTen years on from his death, the Czech dissident and former leader may be a hero to the Right, but his ideas were...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Free European cities in democratic allianceMeet Zdeněk Hřib, the mayor who challenged Russia, China, and the V4. Interview.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The 1989 revolutions and the Peace Movement“We saw ourselves as an anti-Cold War movement and not just an anti-nuclear movement. We wanted to end the division...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Visegradism, Babišism and selfishness as a political programmeSelfishness as a programme: that is the essence of the approach of politicians such as Babiš, Orbán and Kaczyński.
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Published in: 50.50‘Sexual liberation, socialist style’: an overlooked women’s rights story?New research by Kateřina Lišková places eastern bloc countries at the forefront of the 20th-century push for gender equality
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Theodor Adorno and the Prague Spring 1968There was nearly society-wide consensus that as a power, the communist party could create a more democratic and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Liberals against nationalism in Central Europe? It would have been a nice ideaThe problem with Central European liberal anti-nationalism is not that it went too far, but that it never really existed.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Iron Curtains of the mindMuch 'western' analysis of central and eastern Europe remains rife with prejudices, half-truths and a lack of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Never forget politicsCivil society must keep the dialogue over migration open, to retain relevance and to survive.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Babiš’ Czech Republic: too thin a gruel?There is always a chance that, owing to unforeseen domestic or external dynamics, the Czech Republic may yet slide...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Abolish work, the robots are coming!The Czech Republic is among those countries most vulnerable to the effects of the automation of work. Robots are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Czech Republic gives up on the EU – and foreign policyForeign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek is justified in lamenting economic inequality and low pay, but his EU-bashing...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Racism's cruelest cut: coercive sterilisation of Romani women and their fight for justice in the Czech Republic (1966-2016)A government-sponsored eugenics programme in Czechoslovakia sterilised Roma women without their knowledge; though...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Central and eastern Europe as playground of a conservative avant-gardeCentral and eastern European hard right parties have more rapid success than their western counterparts, due to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Illiberal tangos in central and eastern EuropeFar right organisations may be considered drivers of change in Central and Eastern Europe; their impact being felt...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Czexit debate is coming - are you ready?Czexit? With President Milos Zeman calling for a referendum, it is becoming increasingly possible.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reflections of a post-communist peasantThe situation in central and eastern Europe should serve as a warning against Brexit.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Tibet, symbolism and the Czech RepublicCzech President Milos Zeman recently labelled pro-Tibet protestors "mentally ill" during a visit of the Chinese...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The refugee question in Europe: 'south' vs 'east'The refugee crisis has triggered a diplomatic row between Greece and certain 'new' member-states from Central and...
