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The Post-Communist World Thirty Years Later

Michael Rossi Department of Political Science Masters Program in United Nations and Global Policy Studies Rutgers University June 25, 2021 This Introductory lecture to the series begins with an overview of the political, economic, social, and cultural development of more than two dozen countries of the former Eastern European and Soviet Union bloc over the past three decades of transition from single-party authoritarian rule. It looks at what the course will cover and what questions will be addressed. Additionally, we discuss the merits of calling the region "post-Communist" after three decades of development, and examine the challenges to liberal democracy in Central Europe and the Balkans, while noting the persistence of authoritarian governments in most of the former Soviet Union. This is basically a "Big Picture" lecture to the region that will be examined under more specific analytics in subsequent lectures.