regime
Arab spring 2011 and Europe’s fall of communism in 1989
As the Maghreb goes through its transitions, a look at the lessons learned from central and eastern Europe. Opinion from Daniel Novotny, deputy director of the research centre at the association for international affairs in Prague
regime, conflict, democratisation, algeria, central and eastern europe, 1989, morocco
Ukraine, Belarus, Egypt...free the online activist in you
Ukraine’s ‘Day of Wrath’ against its president on 14 May has been organised online. Belarus’ internet is the only escape from regime propaganda. The Arab world reported its transitions online. Amidst these examples, Peter Ludlow, cyber rights activist and philosophy professor at Northwestern University in Illinois, emphasies that politics can be influenced in bottom-up solutions. Interview
regime, ukraine, viktor yanukovych, kiev, activism, protest, euro-arab dialogue
Iryna Vidanava: ‘Belarusians abroad can protest via the internet’
The thirty-year-old journalist from Minsk saw her magazine closed down by the regime. We talk press freedom, the political engagement of young Belarusians and elections on 28 September
regime, alexander lukashenko, belarus, iryna vidanava, minsk, elections, brunch
