by Chanelle Chatman | Nov 30, 2021 | Georgia State University
Andrej Babiš lost power as a result of the 2021 elections. The former billionaire Prime Minister experienced many challenges during his term and leading up to the election. Is his leadership tied to Czech Republic’s recent trend of democratic erosion and uptick...
by Nicholas Newton-Cheh | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
Andrej Babiš outwardly does not appear to have the firmest grasp on power in the Czech Republic. The embattled billionaire Prime Minister has faced potential votes of no confidence, an investigation by state police for fraud, and a mass protest demanding his...
by Batuhan Tamer Uslu | May 27, 2020 | Koç University
June 23, 2019, was an important day for the Czech Republic. On this date, one of the biggest protests of the Republic’s history is formed (after the Velvet Revolution in 1989). More than 250.000 people were on the streets in Prague, wanting their country’s...
by Simon Machalek | May 2, 2019 | Georgetown University
The Visegrad Group, also known as V4 — a cultural and political alliance of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia — used to be seen as a prime example of how countries with an authoritarian past could be drawn into the liberal and democratic Western style...
by Kameron Williams | Dec 5, 2018 | University of Louisiana, Lafayette
The fall of communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union brought hope that the newly liberated Central and Eastern European countries would be able to step out of the shackles of authoritarianism and become liberal democracies. There was an eagerness present in...
