A new issue of Studies of Transition States and Societies is out. Simeon Mitropolitski (Montreal): Bounded Generalizations Revisited: Is the Post-Communist Area a World in Reverse? M.D. Aeschliman on how the Poles saved civilization (and part 2). A central European powerhouse: Poland has become the most astonishing success story in Eastern Europe. Francis Tapon on six enviable traits from Eastern Europe (and more). The price of reunification is $3.5 billion: Is the choice for Moldova to let go of Transdniester or pay off the region’s huge debt to Gazprom? Diana Toma on the appalling situation of Romania’s institutionalized children, from Ceausescu to today. Is there a dictatorship in the EU? Andrew Arato wonders. As Albanians deal with the more-than-700,000 bunkers built by Enver Hoxha, for some it’s a squaring of accounts with communism; for others it’s the deal of a lifetime. Unlike the Slovaks, the Czechs' easy ride since the Velvet Divorce has led to hubris before Europe. What comes to mind when you think of Croatia? You may not think of it at first, but Zagreb is on its way to being considered an important alternative cultural hub.
