The vanishing center

Article Abstract:

The polarization of Russia's electoral politics axis over the last two years has hindered the development of centrist parties in Russia, and accounts for the unstable politics that were accentuated in the 1995 elections. Five years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, centrism remains a mouthpiece of organizations with a vague ideology that neither support nor oppose the social revolution. Weak, interest-based centrist parties, lacking significant electoral support, face a bleak political future. The transfer of executive power through democratic elections can bring stability in Russia.

Evaluation, Elections, Polarization (Social sciences), Center parties

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Transitions from postcommunism

Article Abstract:

Democracy gained new dynamism in the postcommunism lands of Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine in unexpected ways from the starting of the year 2000. The Serbian, Georgian and Ukrainian cases of democratic breakthrough resemble one another and the common factors that contributed to success in each of the cases are identified.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Ukraine, Georgia, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Democracy, Post-communism

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A mixed record, an uncertain future

Article Abstract:

Russia's democratic reforms have left it short of a full, liberal democracy. Further progression toward democracy, regression toward authoritarianism, and stagnation are all possiblities.

Russia, Democratization

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