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vol. 11, issue 3 - December, 2017
The Long Legacy of World War I
vol. 9, issue 12 - September, 2016
The Hajj and Europe
vol. 9, issue 5 - February, 2016
Treating the Symptoms: Northern Ireland’s Incomplete Peace
Putin Sochi Olympics Gay Rights
vol. 7, issue 6 - March, 2014
Russia, Gay Rights, and the Sochi Olympics
vol. 6, issue 12 - September, 2013
European Disunion: The Rise and Fall of a Post-War Dream?
Detail from the painting Liberty Leading the People, by Eugène Delacroix, commemorating the French Revolution of 1830.
vol. 6, issue 1 - October, 2012
Socialism Takes Over France, Again?
Stalin's boots are all that remain of his statue in Budapest. In 1989, popular revolutions exploded across Central and Eastern Europe, bringing an end to communist rule and the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. Twenty years later, as eastern Europeans mark the anniversary of these events, Professor Dragostinova analyzes the social and political weight of those boots in the region.
vol. 3, issue 3 - December, 2009
1989 Twenty Years On: The End of Communism and the Fate of Eastern Europe
The National Bank of Slovakia, with an image of the 1 Euro Coin posted on the building. Despite their shared history, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have taken considerably different approaches to participation in the EU, redefining what it means to be European in the process.
vol. 2, issue 11 - August, 2009
Becoming 'European:' The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics
The Newborn Monument in Kosovo.
vol. 2, issue 6 - March, 2009
Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future
Russian President (soon to be Prime Minister) Vladimir Putin
vol. 1, issue 6 - March, 2008
After Putin? Russia's Presidential Elections

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