... of the University of California Julia Lynch Jonathan Hopkin financial crisis Great Recession Western Europe capitalism democracy political parties free central banks austerity populism social democrats 315 [T]he financial crisis can be best understood as the final catastrophic stage...

... Holly Case Hungary Viktor Orbán Young Democrats Poland Jarosław Kaczyński Law and Justice party Fidesz populism refugee crisis immigration Islam authoritarianism Eastern Europe illiberalism communism PERSPECTIVE There s a lot we re getting wrong if we see the illiberal...

... Christian Democrats Christian Social Union Social Democrats Guido Westerwelle Horst Köhler Joachim Gauck 97 Merkel appeared much more comfortable when leading a grand coalition than she does leading her dream coalition today. Angela Merkel and the Unfulfilled Promise of Chancellor...

... eastern Angela Merkel Free Democrats Soviet bloc Stasi Kurt Hager Erich Honecker 112 The roots of the east s continuing alienation lie in the enforced, prolonged isola- tion that its society endured during most of the cold war. Eastern Germany in Search of Itself e. wAyne Merry This year...

...Joshua Kurlantzick Ultimately, if reformist elements … do not restrain [Prime Minister Thaksin], Thailand could develop into a larger version of Singapore: a state with a veneer of democratic politics covering a one-party system. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents...