In this episode of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations, host Ivan Vejvoda speaks with Grigorij Mesežnikov, political scientist and president of the Institute for Public Affairs, about the political trajectory of Slovakia.
Mesežnikov, a 2019/20 Europe’s Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, offers a detailed account of Slovakia’s path from post-communist transition to its current political challenges, marked by the return of Robert Fico’s populist government.
Ivan Vejvoda is an IWM Permanent Fellow and Head of the Europe's Futures program at the IWM.