logging in or signing up 0RegansLegacy Patrizia Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 14 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: April 21, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Reagan’s Revolution Unfinished - Democracies in Danger : Reagan’s Revolution Unfinished - Democracies in Danger Why we Fought the Cold War: Why we Fought the Cold War Our way of Life was under existential threat 100s of millions of people were literally captives of a evil ideology Consequences of Victory: Consequences of Victory Collapse of the USSR and the creation of new independent states The freeing of the captive nations, from the Baltics to the Balkans The whole-sale transition of nations to the ”market democracy” model An end to Mutually Assured DestructionBudapest: Paris of the East: Budapest: Paris of the EastHungary: From Victory to Self-inflicted Defeat: Hungary: From Victory to Self-inflicted Defeat Happiest Barrack in the Bloc The Pannon Tiger. 5% GDP growth NATO – EU membership Fiftieth Anniversary of the ’56 RevolutionHungary in more Detail : Hungary in more Detail 1980s reform wing – economic collapse nears The Iron Curtain breachs No Shock Therapy Cyclical Politics, nostalgia No Lustration The Survival of Communist Elites: The Survival of Communist Elites For full details see www.itdis.org Communism’s Legacy: Communism’s Legacy Fear "Uncle State " Tax evasion Old Boy – Communist networks – SS Politics without ideology " I can’t change it anyway " : The Land of No ConsequencesThe Balatonőszöd Speech : The Balatonőszöd Speech “We lied for years. We lied about the economy” “This f..king country” “We have nothing we can be proud of.”Slide16: The victory of the Cold War was only partial Huge lessons remain unlearnt; lessons relevant to anywhere where we want to see democracy take root Western foundations / individuals much re-engage The focus must be on the youth What Now?QUESTIONS?: QUESTIONS? Sebestyen L. v. Gorka Founding Director Institute for Transitional Democracy & International Security (ITDIS), and Director of Policy Studies, EICEE, Washington www.itdis.org www.eicee.org gorka@itdis.org You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
0RegansLegacy Patrizia Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 14 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: April 21, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Reagan’s Revolution Unfinished - Democracies in Danger : Reagan’s Revolution Unfinished - Democracies in Danger Why we Fought the Cold War: Why we Fought the Cold War Our way of Life was under existential threat 100s of millions of people were literally captives of a evil ideology Consequences of Victory: Consequences of Victory Collapse of the USSR and the creation of new independent states The freeing of the captive nations, from the Baltics to the Balkans The whole-sale transition of nations to the ”market democracy” model An end to Mutually Assured DestructionBudapest: Paris of the East: Budapest: Paris of the EastHungary: From Victory to Self-inflicted Defeat: Hungary: From Victory to Self-inflicted Defeat Happiest Barrack in the Bloc The Pannon Tiger. 5% GDP growth NATO – EU membership Fiftieth Anniversary of the ’56 RevolutionHungary in more Detail : Hungary in more Detail 1980s reform wing – economic collapse nears The Iron Curtain breachs No Shock Therapy Cyclical Politics, nostalgia No Lustration The Survival of Communist Elites: The Survival of Communist Elites For full details see www.itdis.org Communism’s Legacy: Communism’s Legacy Fear "Uncle State " Tax evasion Old Boy – Communist networks – SS Politics without ideology " I can’t change it anyway " : The Land of No ConsequencesThe Balatonőszöd Speech : The Balatonőszöd Speech “We lied for years. We lied about the economy” “This f..king country” “We have nothing we can be proud of.”Slide16: The victory of the Cold War was only partial Huge lessons remain unlearnt; lessons relevant to anywhere where we want to see democracy take root Western foundations / individuals much re-engage The focus must be on the youth What Now?QUESTIONS?: QUESTIONS? Sebestyen L. v. Gorka Founding Director Institute for Transitional Democracy & International Security (ITDIS), and Director of Policy Studies, EICEE, Washington www.itdis.org www.eicee.org gorka@itdis.org