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8 10, 2025

The return of populism: The 2025 general election in Czechia

2025-10-08T09:25:05+01:00October 8th, 2025|

By Vlastimil Havlík (Masaryk University and National Institute SYRI) and Jakub Wondreys (Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies at the TU Dresden and CEVRO University) The Czech general election held last week closed a turbulent four-year period marked by multiple crises. These years tested the surprising winner of the 2021 election - a government formed [...]

22 09, 2025

Academic conference (Mongolia)

2025-09-23T15:32:55+01:00September 22nd, 2025|

Keynote speech on "Constitutional Regime Types and Party Politics: Asia & Europe in Comparative Perspective" at the International Conference on "Strengthening Democratic Constitutional Governance" of the National University of Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar). Watch INTERVIEW (from minute 27:24)

9 09, 2025

Minority Labour Government Re-elected but Faces Chaotic Parliament

2025-09-09T10:31:54+01:00September 9th, 2025|

By Peter Egge Langsæther (University of Oslo) In the wake of the 2021 elections, the Labour Party, alongside the rural-agrarian Centre Party, formed a minority government, relying on the Socialist Left for parliamentary support. However, this government quickly fell out of favour, with both parties experiencing plummeting poll numbers that plunged Labour to historically low [...]