Author: Andrew Higgins

Balkan StatesBosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaDeaths (Obituaries)Human Rights and Human Rights ViolationsInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former YugoslaviaInternational RelationsKaradzic, RadovanMilosevic, SlobodanMladic, RatkoPrague (Czech Republic)Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)War and Armed ConflictsWar Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against HumanityYugoslavia

Biljana Plavsic, a Former Bosnian Serb Political Leader, Has Died

Biljana Plavsic, a Bosnian Serb, pleaded guilty to one count of crimes against humanity. She later recanted and said she “would do the same again.”

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Authoritarianism (Theory and Philosophy)Books and LiteratureBudapest (Hungary)Central European UniversityEuropeFidesz PartyFreedom of Speech and ExpressionHungaryMagyar, PeterMarton, KatiOrban, ViktorPolitics and GovernmentSoros, GeorgeTheaterTisza (Hungarian Political Party)Writing and Writers

A New Play in Budapest Signals a Cultural Reawakening for Hungary

A one-woman show about the perils of authoritarianism draws on a memoir by the Hungarian-American writer Kati Marton. Under Viktor Orban’s government, it might not have happened.

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Diplomatic Service, Embassies and ConsulatesEspionage and Intelligence ServicesEuropeEuropean UnionFidesz PartyHungaryInternational RelationsMagyar, PeterOrban, ViktorPolitics and GovernmentRussian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)Tisza (Hungarian Political Party)

Hungary Expels 10 Russian Diplomats, Signaling a Shift

The housecleaning puts the new government more in line with how European allies relate to Moscow, tempering cozy ties developed under Viktor Orban’s administration.

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