Russia in Global Affairs

Thirty years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, we have moved towards a world in which all countries are becoming protective of their economies and trying to pass the burden of declining outputs and unemployment onto others.

Today, many point to a crisis of liberal democracy and fret over whether liberal democratic has enough dynamism to shine again. Why has such a promising beginning turned into such a whimpering finale? Is liberal democracy really at an end? We asked Ivan Krastev, a leading researcher at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, for his thoughts.

People used to have the right to their own interpretation, but the facts were common. Now everybody has the right to his own facts. Ours is a life in a room with walls of mirrors. It’s no wonder that we are scared of each other.

Russia’s March 2018 election will mark the arrival of the post-Putin era in Russian domestic politics.

The paradox of liberal democracy is that citizens are freer, but they feel powerless.

Germans have enjoyed a long holiday from history, but it looks like their vacation is over.

Hungarian PM is preoccupied with battling Brussels as country’s citizens lose faith.

In his Warsaw speech, the president tried to balance nationalism and postwar liberalism. Instead he combined them into an unholy hodgepodge.

As the European Union hangs in the balance, both sides seem to be thinking of past golden ages instead of planning for the future.