Romanenko Sergey Alexandrovich – Sc.D. in History, Head of Sector, Department of Europe and America, INION
The article is a problematic and thematic introduction to the issue of the «Current problems of Europe» journal on Central and South-Eastern Europe. The author gives a general periodisation of the development of party-political systems in the countries of the region, starting from the first stage – the social and national revolutions of 1989–1991. The second stage – political, social and economic transformations, preparations for accession and accession of the Central and South-Eastern European countries to NATO and the EU – covers the 1990 s and early 2000 s. A special situation developed in the post-Yugoslav space, caused first by the war in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and then by the crisis in Kosovo and the final dissolution of the Yugoslav state. This period finally ended in 2013, with Croatia’s accession to the EU. The changing international environment, the gradual increase in tensions between the «collective West» and Russia since 2014, has also played a role. 2014–2022 marks the third stage in the domestic political development of individual states and the region as a whole. Central and South-Eastern Europe plays an important role in the development of the general political situation in Europe and the world. The foreign policy factor has an increasing impact on the development of domestic political processes in the countries of the region, while the results of parliamentary and presidential elections also influence both the positions of individual countries and the situation in the region as a whole. The article provides a chronological table of the holding of parliamentary and presidential elections and elections to the European Parliament in the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe since 2014. The author outlines the source base of the published articles, gives brief characteristics of the domestic and foreign literature, substantiates in detail the research objectives of the authors, and briefly presents the articles published in the issue.
Eastern Europe, Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe, political processes, political regimes, political and electoral systems, elections, political parties and movements.
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