Why did the EU accept authoritarianism in Bulgaria but object to it in Belarus?

29 July 2021 The Barricade

Why did the EU accept authoritarianism in Bulgaria but object to it in Belarus?

The Barricade Analysis — s01e02The Barricade

29 July 2021 The Barricade

While the EU opposes authoritarianism in Eastern Europe, it is delighted with its own!

The Barricade Analysis — s01e01The Barricade

28 July 2021 Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young

Authoritarian populism and democracy

An endless list of saviours of the imagined community (the Volk) waits for their chance to use and abuse people’s powerThomas Klikauer – Meg Young

13 July 2021 Philip Bourov

Why is xenophobia the most prevalent conviction in Bulgaria?

Growing gaps in education and political culture, combined with economic and social destitution, have resulted in the growth and normalization of far-right views, creating a fertile ground for dangerous extremism. Such are the depressing findings of a recent Bulgarian study.Philip BourovBulgarian journalist specializing in the international relations, conflicts, macroeconomics and

12 July 2021 Vladimir Mitev

“European identity” after Brexit means disappointment, frustration and confusion

One of the British Europeans — a Romanian-born activist and researcher, Alexandra Bulat — tells a rather perplexing story of highly mixed feelings, political confusion and various difficulties faced by migrant workers and students from EU countries in post-Brexit Britain.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a

11 July 2021 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Conservatism and academia in Romania and Poland

Right-wing intellectuals fighting imaginary monstersMaria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region. The work title of their podcast is “Squatting reds in tracksuits”

27 June 2021 Thomas Klikauer - Catherine Link

Germany’s Parliamentary Police Salutes Adolf Hitler

The security institutions of the Bundesrepublik are infested by the extreme right Thomas Klikauer – Catherine Link

17 June 2021 Thomas Klikauer - Catherine Link

An ordinary german neo-nazi death squad man

The story of Franco AlbrechtThomas Klikauer – Catherine Link

6 June 2021 Veronika Sušová-Salminen

Zelensky follows Poroshenko’s path

Veronika Sušová-Salminen argues that the Ukrainian president has in many ways returned to the policies of his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko.Veronika Sušová-SalminenVeronika Sušová-Salminen is a Czech historian and political analyst currently living in Finland. She holds a Ph.D. in historical anthropology from the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University. Her research

22 May 2021 Corina Tulbure

This safety asphyxiates us: the banal border in Barcelona

On social and state violence upon immigrants in SpainCorina TulbureCorina Tulbure is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. She has written stories of displacement and migration in Spain and other countries (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Tunisia, Germany) and about frozen conflicts (Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, Transnistria, and Kosovo). Tulbure holds a PhD