... Union Eastern Europe democracy populism authoritarianism illiberalism postcommunist Viktor Orbán Hungary Poland Czech Republic 90 What keeps European states committed to the EU project has not changed: it is economically much better to be inside the bloc than outside. The EU s Eastward...

...Holly Case An ambitious attempt to trace the uneven progress toward liberal democracy over several centuries of European history may have drawn the wrong conclusions for dealing with today's illiberals. Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day , by...

...Karen E. Smith [A] more mercurial United States, less consistent in its support for European integration, could force the EU to rely more on itself. Karen Smith European Union liberal world order illiberalism United States Donald Trump Russia integration democratic values...

... 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...

...Abby Innes Hungarian political and economic stresses over the past 25 years have been in many ways a magnified version of those afflicting Western Europe. © 2015 Current History. All rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California Abby Innes Hungary illiberal...