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Erika Harris

Erika Harris is a professor of politics at the University of Liverpool and director of the Europe and the World Centre.  She specialises in nations and nationalism and democratisation in central Europe, post-Soviet space and the Balkans.
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Slovakia: could this be Fico’s last hurrah?

Erika Harris

The populist’s party topped the poll once more in the elections in Slovakia. Yet green political shoots emerged too.

Does Zuzana Čaputová’s victory signal a new politics in Slovakia?

Erika Harris

Zuzana Čaputová emerged as the winner from Slovakia’s presidential election. Although viewed as a step away from populist and nationalist politics, the battle for the

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