#Central and Eastern Europe
News
The Implications of the Termination of US Government Assistance for Civil Society in Central Europe – Part II
The second part of this article analyzes the impact of the termination of US Government Assistance on the implementer landscape and the indirect political implications in the CEE region.
29.05.2025
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The Implications of the Termination of US Government Assistance for Civil Society in Central Europe – Part I
The first part of this article recounts the background of the termination of US Government Assistance and its immediate financial consequences for the CSO sector in Central and Eastern Europe.
28.05.2025
News
Five Ideas Books in 2024
Here come five recommendations from RevDem Ideas of books we covered in 2024 and which we think deserve to be widely read and discussed.
14.01.2025
War is Peace – Trajectories of Failed Utopias in Eastern European Public Spaces
The political and cultural revival of Cold War narratives, the resurgence of authoritarian tendencies and, more recently, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and Donald Trump’s liaison with Hungarian far-right policymakers is drawing renewed scholarly and public attention to the Central and Eastern European region. A common characteristic of post-1989 far-right movements in Central and Eastern Europe is the strong anti-communist ideology, which remains prominent in their rhetoric. These movements not only oppose contemporary leftist formations and anti-fascist movements but also reject the legacy of socialism – while recycling elements of the latter’s organizational strategies.
15.11.2024
Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Is Distorting Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
In Central and Eastern Europe, democracy has been deliberately eroded by disinformation. There has been a troubling surge of pro-Kremlin messaging since 2021, with Hungary serving as a regional epicenter of state-sponsored mistruths.
8.10.2024
Podcasts
Off White – Anikó Imre and James Mark on Eastern Europe in the Global History of Race
In this conversation, Anikó Imre and James Mark – co-editors, with Catherine Baker and Bogdan Iacob, of the new volume Off White. Central and Eastern Europe and the Global History of Race – present the ambiguities of East Europeans’ whiteness and the major implications such ambiguities have had; analyze how the “two halves of Europe” compare when it comes to questions of white supremacy; explicate what their historical approach to nation building in Eastern Europe has yielded; discuss the place and role of East Europeans in global rightist networks today; and reflect on how they see their own role as mediators between political cultures and different scholarly traditions.
26.08.2024
