Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: From Democratization to Guided Democracy

Issue Date October 2001
Volume 12
Issue 4
Page Numbers 35-42
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Except for the Baltic states, the countries of the former Soviet Union may be less democratic today than in the last years of the USSR.

About the Author

Archie Brown is emeritus professor of politics at Oxford University and emeritus fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford. His most recent book is Seven Years That Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective (2007).

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Further Reading

Volume 3, Issue 4

Eastern Europe After Communism

A review of After the Fall: The Pursuit of Democracy in Central Europe, by Jeffery Goldfarb and Reinventing Politics: Eastern Europe from Stalin to Havel, by Vladimir Tismaneanu.

Volume 7, Issue 4

Making Amends After Communism

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Volume 33, Issue 3

Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: Transparency Wins in Europe

Any open society’s best weapon against Chinese influence operations is its openness—the ability to investigate and expose sharp-power manipulations, diminishing their strength.