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Czech Elections: The Spectacular Failure of the “Pro-Democracy” Block

Andrej Babiš’s ANO triumphed as liberal rivals preached democracy but ignored inequality. Marie Heřmanová and Kateřina Smejkalová argue that this moralizing stance helped fuel the far right’s rise—and deepened Czechia’s democratic malaise.

8.10.2025

The Curse of the Margin? Central Europe before and after Communism

In conversation with RevDem assistant editor Lucie Hunter, Dr. Aliaksei Kazharski discusses his newest book Central Europe Thirty Years after the Fall of Communism: A Return to the Margin? (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, 2022).

26.05.2023

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Constitutional Democracy’s Civic and Social Dimensions. On the Czech Presidential Election 

Jiří Přibáň comments the outcome of the recent presidential elections in the Czech Republic.

1.02.2023

How populists change parliaments

In their op-ed, Aleksandra Maatsch and Eric Miklin argue populist parties are both willing and able to weaken or even disempower representative institutions.

9.11.2021