A Review of Fred Abrahams Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe In…
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Op-Ed: Half Truths & Gangster Politics
Unless we acknowledge the gravity of events in Macedonia, the final victim of violence across…
Serbia Erupts in Protests “Against the Dictatorship” of Aleksandar Vucic
Serbs are demonstrating ‘against the dictatorship’ of prime minister and soon-to-be president Aleksandar Vucic in…
Op-Ed: Protests, Post-Communism and Compromise in Albania
Edi Rama’s European Albania is a public relations fantasy. It is a nation-state which exists…
“My Husband was Arrested After the Coup Attempt in Turkey”
One woman tells the story of her husband’s arrest and ongoing detainment following the coup…
Turbo-Trump: Patriotic Pop Dedicated to Donald
What’s the deal with these weird second-world countries where the post-industrial peasantry periodically elects an…
WTF is Going on in Turkey?
The view from Izmir on last night’s failed coup attempt in Turkey: echoes of 1980,…