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Author Archives: Martin M. Simecka

Posted inCommentary, Slovakia

Seeing Decline with the Naked Eye

by Martin M. Simecka 24 Apr 202307 Jun 2023

With the decaying state comes a decline in our trust in the future, and therefore also in democracy itself. From Dennik N.

Posted inCommentary

The Value of Life

by Martin M. Simecka 14 Mar 202219 Apr 2023
Posted inSlovakia, Society

Archaic Society vs. Modern State

by Martin M. Simecka 16 Dec 202117 Dec 2021
Posted inCzechia, International politics, Slovakia

Czechs and Slovaks, Your Moment Is Now

by Martin M. Simecka 08 Nov 202108 Nov 2021
Posted inCentral Europe & Baltics, Commentary

Predictability Makes Us Vulnerable

by Martin M. Simecka 13 Oct 202113 Oct 2021
Posted inBusiness, Central Europe & Baltics, Finance, Migration, Politics, Slovakia, Society

Life with Fico

by Martin M. Simecka 04 Mar 201620 Feb 2020
Posted inCentral Europe & Baltics, Czechia

New Institute to Help Show the Way We Were

by Jaroslav Spurny and Martin M. Simecka 21 May 200719 Jun 2020
Posted inCentral Europe & Baltics, Czechia, Slovakia

Topolanek’s Choice

by Martin M. Simecka 09 Jan 200719 Jun 2020
Posted inCentral Europe & Baltics, Regions

Learning to Write in Freedom

by Martin M. Simecka 15 Feb 1998

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