The Corona-pandemic in Central and Eastern Europe – Between concerted executive action and creeping authoritarianism

The Corona-pandemic in Central and Eastern Europe – Between concerted executive action and creeping authoritarianism

Philipp Köker   The Corona-pandemic has executives around the world facing new and in fact unprecedented challenges. While international media attention on Europe has largely focussed on Western European nations– notably on the Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK –...

Mauricio Macri is Finishing his Term

Mariana Llanos   On Sunday 27, October, Argentines go to the polls to elect a new president. Ruling President Mauricio Macri from the centre-right Alliance Cambiemos – now Frente para el Cambio – is seeking reelection, but his chances look shady amid the...

Taming Chile’s Presidencialismo?

Christopher A. Martínez   Introduction Proposals that seek to do away with presidencialismo are not scarce in Chile. Several scholars, Juan J. Linz and Arturo Valenzuela among them, have suggested—even since the mid-1980s—that Chile needs a parliamentary or...