Political Critique Archive

Public disclosure of politicians’ assets is an unprecedented rejection of the Ukrainian ruling class, the scale of which we have not yet fully grasped.

After having taken over public prosecution, state-owned companies and public media, the PiS government has set its sights on non-governmental organizations.

A fence is clearly not enough: Hungary now protects its citizens by means of witch-hunt.

What should one think about foreign direct investments (FDIs) in Slovakia in 2016?

DiEM25 is helping to take the shameful EU-Turkey refugee deal to court, in a bid to save the life of one man and improve the lives of millions.

Poland’s government cracks down on democracy again – and again – and again.

Mislav Marjanovic talks to Laura Wiesböck about the history of immigration to Austria.

Philospher Boris Buden explains the failure of post-communism.

Power, democracy and illiberalism in the V4.

The jailing of the two men shows the government of President Nursultan Nazarbayev well understands that it can no longer underestimate the power of new forms of civic activism.