Slovakia

Such measures not only gut civil society as incubators of citizen involvement and connection with government, they spill beyond borders.

The Alliance made significant progress in some areas, but has lots of work to do going forward to meet the challenges on its doorstep.

The shocking attack should spur a stock-taking by Slovaks and the EU to reverse the country's rapid slide toward autocracy.

His landslide re-election and Russia's war on Ukraine makes pushback on the region's autocratization harder -- and more needed -- than ever.

A transatlantic response must document the threat, make it a priority, and convey that observing international law and established norms is non-negotiable.