Inside the OSCE
Stefano Baldi This publication is based on selected interventions from a cycle of seminars titled: “The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as a model for multilateral regional diplomacy of the 21st century”, organised in 2022 by the Permanent Mission of Italy to the OSCE with some Italian Universities. The initiative took place from March to May 2022 in virtual format, with the aim to promote the knowledge and...
CfP: Populism and Illiberalism in East, Central and Southeast Europe
2022 Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies 15-17 September 2022, Maynooth, National University of Ireland Maynooth Writing about what defines illiberal democracy, A. Applebaum (2021) observes “illiberal oneparty state is not a philosophy. It is a mechanism for holding power, and it functions happily alongside many ideologies. It works because it clearly defines who gets to be the...
A NEW WORLD AFTER THE GREAT WAR? ROMANIA AND SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE BETWEEN MODERNIZATION, NATIONALISM AND VIOLENCE
International Workshop 21 October 2021 10.00–18.30 Online, on zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85616658858?pwd=YTZPeVlTZXZUUlNNbFV5MEtwc2tUZz09 Meeting ID: 856 1665 8858 Passcode: 528241 Conveners: Alberto BASCIANI and Cristina–Elena BRĂGEA Participants: Florin ANGHEL, Constantin ARDELEANU, Alberto BASCIANI, Cristina BRĂGEA, Paul BRUSANOWSKI, Antonela CAPELLE-POGĂCEAN, Roland CLARK, Francesco GUIDA, Lucian LEUȘTEAN,...
La Nuova Europa
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Sicuramente tra i maggiori leader democratici della prima metà del Novecento, Tomáš G. Masaryk contrappone la libertà delle «piccole nazioni» al centralismo delle «vecchie monarchie», e legge il desiderio di indipendenza dei popoli alla luce della «futura organizzazione federativa dell’Europa». Nella temperie di una guerra non voluta ma subita, racconta la storia della Boemia e auspica la creazione di uno Stato...
IN THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT WAR
Jochen Böhler, Ota Konrád, and Rudolf Kučera Physical Violence in East-Central Europe, 1917–1923 Whether victorious or not, Central European states faced fundamental challenges after the First World War as they struggled to contain ongoing violence and forge peaceful societies. This collection explores the various forms of violence these nations confronted during this period, which effectively transformed the region into a laboratory...
