Michael Shafir served as a supervisory research analyst at the Open Media Research Institute in Prague, Czech Republic, from January 1995 to March 1997.
Among a new generation of international democracy promoters—often former recipients of democracy assistance themselves—Poland stands out. Its efforts, though mostly in its own neighborhood, show the importance of combining direct…
The populist backlash against corruption, the CEE transition-era elites, and the liberal consensus has led to a democratic crisis, but does not portend systemic change.
