...Vladimir Tismaneanu Nations that endured communist dictatorships must come to terms with the traumas of the past before durable democracies can take hold—a lesson the author learned firsthand in Romania. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University...

... Union: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia). As the insti- tutional setting became more stable and predict- able, workers, unions, firms, and political elites began to figure out their respective roles and in- terests. Neither the legacy of communist...

... nationalism climate change environment Baltic Lithuania Poland bloc power grid Kyoto protocol United Nations Framework Convention UNFCCC CEE WWF Bulgaria Romania Kazakh Kazakhstan exception 278 Achieving relatively easy terms under the Kyoto Protocol did not necessarily inspire post...

...Stefanos Katsikas Unless Bulgaria and Romania manage to enact judicial reforms, fight corruption and organized crime, and protect human and minority rights, they will not be able to capitalize on the benefits of EU membership, and will continue to be regarded as second-class EU members. © 2014...

... Lithuania Estonia Bulgaria Romania Hungary Latvia 105 Predictions of massive social unrest, political breakdown, or reformist reversals have, to date anyway, proved misplaced. East Europe Rides Out the Economic Storm JAnusz BugAJski During the past year, as recession has swept relentlessly across...

...Alina Mungiu-Pippidi Although the publics in Poland and Romania believe there are more similarities than differences in the quality of their lives after communism, external observers argue that Poland's democracy is qualitatively better than Romania's. The challenge is to explain why...

...Marian Chiriac Eleven years after the overthrow of communism, Romania is still searching for solutions to its deeper ills. It is a society in dire need of modernization, burdened with a backward political culture and a ruined economy. The challenge to the political class is how to overcome...