Name: Issue 1-2/2021: Whither Democracy?
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The previous year, 2020, will for sure remain in our memory as the year of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Yet we also all know that beyond the public health crisis, the region of Central and Eastern Europe continued to confront political challenges as well. Most visibly, this is seen in Belarus. However, the recent elections in Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova indicate significant changes too.

These developments have compelled our authors and interviewees to posit the question on the current state and direction of democracy in the region and the world at large. Do they symbolise optimism for a turn away from illiberal practices? Such seems to be the case of Lithuania and Moldova. Or will authoritarian rulers use the illusion of elections to consolidate even greater power – as this year’s Duma elections in Russia will certainly demonstrate.

Contents – Whither Democracy? And what lies ahead…

We need innovation and courage to rejuvenate democracy
An interview with Basil Kerski

Russia in the starting blocks for the 2021 parliamentary election
Maria Domańska

2020’s electoral lessons. Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine
Denis Cenusa

When institutions fail, boycott and street protests remain the only instrument
Anastasia Mgaloblishvili

Lithuanian elections provide new opportunities and women empowerment
Kristina Smolijaninovaitė

When trust in institutions is lacking, we have a problem
An interview with Henrik Müller

What 1989 can (and cannot) teach us
Simona Merkinaite

Opinion and Analysis

The failure in binary thinking about Belarus
Iwona Reichardt and Maxim Rust

Belarus. Fighting for the future or the past?
Wim van Meurs and Olga Morozova

Bulgaria’s veto for North Macedonia’s European hopes spells trouble for the region
Bojan Stojkovski