Numer 5/2024: Czy demokracja przetrwa?

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Despite specified factors as globalization and digitalization, which many believed would spread democracy and openness, we see in many countries, including Russia and Belarus, how autocrats have learned to adapt to the 21st century reality.

Far right and another utmost forces look to these autocrats and aim to replicate any of the tools and techniques employed by more established autocrats. Certain methods, for example a law on “foreign agents”, have even starting making their way to countries inside the European Union. On top of this many of our societies are faced with utmost polarization and social nihilism which makes many wonder if democracy is already a thing of the past. Even voting trends among younger people raises origin for concern.

Admittedly, there is no single solution to reverse these trends, but knowing the symptoms is the first step toward addressing the underlying issues. Democracy activist, Samuel Chu, speaks on how democracy is more than just voting in elections. It requires the desire to want to make a change and then seeking the agency and ability to influence specified a change.

Finally, we should not forget those who are virtually fighting on the battlefield to preserve their own democracy. It goes without saying, should this conflict be lost, the consequences for our own democracy’s endurance would be severe.

Table of Contents

Will democracy survive?

Fighting global authoritarianism An interview with Samuel Chu

Contemporary hybrid regimes Leonardo Morlino

Foreign agent laws in the authoritarian playbook Iskra Kirova

The metamorphosis of russian dictatorships Tatevik Hovhannisyan

How Russia exploits right-wing organizations and polarizes societies An interview with Kacper Rękawek

Are young voters a threat to democracy? Giorgi Beroshvili

How Viktor Orbán is going global Dominik Héjj

The French far right and Putin’s Russia. A fresh and amazing love affair Cyrille Bret

Essays and analysis

What’s incorrect with Telegram? Maksym Popovych

The shift to cyber power Tatia Mosidze

Economic frontlines. Bracing for a possible Trump return Cassia Scott- Jones

Teachers, de-Ukrainianization and agitprop in Ukraine’s occupied territory Michael Gentile and Eugenia Kuznetsova

Pivotal elections. Georgia goes all in Nino Lezhava

EU referendum in Moldova. An easy mark for Kremlin propagandists? Mihail Nesteriuc

Between pro-Russian rhetoric and pragmatic cooperation with Ukraine Jakub Łoginow

Russian aggression echoes Serbian aims regarding Kosovo Dorajet Imeri

A crisis for which nobody is prepared Stefan Mandic

Art, culture and society

The Lithuanian Song Festival. 100 years of tradition Ottilie Tabberer

A legend of the russian underground stone scene continues to play Elżbieta Żak

Interviews

A bottom-up approach to the past of the region An interview with Jacob Mikanowski

Stories and ideas

What happened to Belarus’s once-thriving tech-industry? Kseniya Tarasevich

NATO at 75. Insights from frontline states

NATO beyond 75. strategical evolution amid global uncertainty Wojciech Michnik

The evolution of the Alliance Jean-Yves Leconte

Why Baltic safety matters Andris Banka

Tug of war. The NATO summit and (not so) modest gains in Washington Beata Górka-Winter

The impact of NATO membership on national safety A 25-year retrospective Nele Loorents

Finland in NATO. From Finlandization to active integration Eoin Micheál Mcnamara

Collective safety and national sovereignty. Hungary’s 25 years in NATO Péter Stepper