Reading Time: 8 minutesA country can improve compared with its own past and still remain behind its neighbours. It can also retain one of the region’s strongest election administrations while losing ground in media freedom, public debate and the broader conditions of political competition. This is why the…

Reading Time: 8 minutesDržava može napredovati u odnosu na sopstvenu prošlost, a ipak zaostajati za susedima. Može istovremeno imati jednu od najboljih izbornih administracija u regionu i gubiti pozicije u oblasti slobode medija, javne rasprave i širih uslova političke konkurencije. Zbog toga analiza pojedinačnih država iz prvog dela…

Reading Time: 9 minutesAn election can be orderly without being fully democratic. Ballot papers may arrive on time, polling stations may open, votes may be counted correctly and official results may be published, yet citizens may still have been denied a genuinely equal opportunity to choose. One party…