This paper is concerned with understanding and responding to the rise of populism in Central and Eastern Europe. It makes two broad claims. First, that there is much to be gained by analyzing the rise of populism in the region (and elsewhere) as connected to a broader crisis of … [Read more...]

Donald Trump would most likely not be President but for the institutional change made in the 1970s, and analyzed here, in the nature of the presidential nomination process. In the 1970s, the United States shifted almost overnight from the methods that had been used for nearly … [Read more...]

The spread of fake news on the Internet, the educational divide, the adverse effects of the economic crisis and the emergence of international terrorism are often ranked among the factors that led to the rise of populism. However, quite rarely it is called into question whether … [Read more...]

This paper argues the Polish case is much more than just an isolated example of yet another government going rogue. There is an important European dimension to what has transpired in Poland over the last 20 months. To understand what and why has happened in Poland, one has to … [Read more...]

Innovation has so far been handled by competition law according to market structure, that is to say, assuming that market power allows undertakings to evade competitive pressure including those which spur innovation on. This structural approach has fitted innovation in a … [Read more...]