Bulgaria’s Symphony of Hope

The paradox of East-Central Europe is that the rise of populism is an outcome not of the failures but of the successes of postcommunist liberalism. *This is a corrected text…

Evidence from the postcommunist countries shows that the strength of the legislature may be the institutional key to democratic consolidation.

Last year, Bulgarians elected their newly returned former king as prime minister and then, in a shocking upset, ousted their incumbent president. What do these results portend for the future…