Recently added articles from East European Quarterly:
Ave atque vale!
Dec 22, 2008; ... The East European Quarterly was conceived, some forty years ago, during the early years of "detente" and "peaceful co-existence." It was conceived as a means of providing a channel for the resumption of serious research and meaningful dialogue among scholars East and West, through ...
The deportees, the resettled and party politics: details on the Hungarian coalition parties' standpoint on the population movements between 1944 and 1948.
Dec 22, 2008; ... At the end of the Second World War, the Hungarian peasantry-like the whole of the domestic society--had to virtually restart their life in a changing, often dangerous environment. The population of the countryside had not been hit by the Anglo-Saxon air raids as badly as for instance the ...
Dej-a-Vu: early roots of Romania's independence.
Dec 22, 2008; ... Once upon a time, according to Romanian jokesters, the American CIA and FBI competed with Nicolae Ceausescu's Securitate to prove superiority in apprehending criminals. They released a rabbit into the forest and all agreed that the first agency to catch it would win the contest. The CIA ...
Understanding latent religious conflict: the case of frictions between the Greek Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Romania.
Dec 22, 2008; ... For the past eighteen years, Romania has been engaged in a process of democratization and efforts to ensure religious freedom for minorities. Nevertheless, the 2007 Religious Freedom Report released by the US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shows that Romania continues to ...
Turkey and EU energy security: the pipeline connection.
Dec 22, 2008; ... 'Energy security' is a growing public concern. (1) With energy prices rising from a combination of growing demand relative to available supplies, major consuming countries are struggling to formulate effective long-term energy policies. Highly dependent on relatively few energy sources and ...