Slovakia After the Split

Institutional choices matter in the postcommunist world, but geopolitical and civilizational boundaries still set the horizons of political possibility.

To understand how East-Central European societies have evolved since 1989, we must understand the building blocks that contribute to the establishment and functioning of open societies.

Change may be caused more by the frailty of the regime than the strength of the opposition, but in such cases the outcome is often less democratic.