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Tr@nsit Online

Tr@nsit was the online sister journal of Transit, published until 2017. Here, authors, fellows and friends of the IWM offered further articles, reflections and comments related to ongoing research and debates at the Institute.

	Title	Author
	Taking Stock	János Kornai	Read more	Authors: János Kornai Published: , Taking Stock Let us stop for a moment, take a deep breath, and reconsider what has actually happened. Let us try to form a comprehensive picture of the change out of the hundreds of fragmentary details. What has happened to this country in so short a time? Read more

	The Twilight of the Post-Soviet Space	Bruce P. Jackson	Read more	Authors: Bruce P. Jackson Published: , The Twilight of the Post-Soviet Space An accurate interpretation, such as George Kennan’s famous analysis of the “Sources of Soviet Conduct” (1947), is no guarantee of wise and effective policy, but it should give policymakers some decent options. Read more

	Der ungarische Medienkrieg	Elemér Hankiss (translated by Andrea Marenzeller)	Read more	Authors: Elemér Hankiss (translated by Andrea Marenzeller) Published: , Der ungarische Medienkrieg In memoriam Elemér Hankiss (1928-2015) veröffentlicht das IWM diesen Text aus dem Jahr 1993, der in der Zeitschrift Transit – Europäische Revue (Nr. 6) erschienen ist und angesichts der jüngeren Entwicklungen in Ungarn unerwartet an Aktualität gewonnen hat. Read more
Authors: Elemér Hankiss (translated by Andrea Marenzeller) Published: , Der ungarische Medienkrieg In memoriam Elemér Hankiss (1928-2015) veröffentlicht das IWM diesen Text aus dem Jahr 1993, der in der Zeitschrift Transit – Europäische Revue (Nr. 6) erschienen ist und angesichts der jüngeren Entwicklungen in Ungarn unerwartet an Aktualität gewonnen hat. Read more
	Language and Nation Building. Dilemmas of Language Politics in Contemporary Ukraine	Tatiana Zhurzhenko	Read more	Authors: Tatiana Zhurzhenko Published: , Language and Nation Building. Dilemmas of Language Politics in Contemporary Ukraine One would have expected this situation to change after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Ukrainian state in 1991. Read more

	Fuzzy Expectations, Hybrid Realities, Moving Targets	Roumen Avramov	Read more	Authors: Roumen Avramov Published: , Fuzzy Expectations, Hybrid Realities, Moving Targets Facing the collapse: a look from inside the fortress and from the sidewalk On the eve of the political turmoil the economic agenda was so pressing that it was unavoidable to take position on at least two issues: the degree/scope of the forthcoming “marketization Read more
Authors: Roumen Avramov Published: , Fuzzy Expectations, Hybrid Realities, Moving Targets Facing the collapse: a look from inside the fortress and from the sidewalk On the eve of the political turmoil the economic agenda was so pressing that it was unavoidable to take position on at least two issues: the degree/scope of the forthcoming “marketization Read more
	Both Your Houses. Protest and Opposition in Russia and Ukraine	Mischa Gabowitsch	Read more	Authors: Mischa Gabowitsch Published: , Both Your Houses. Protest and Opposition in Russia and Ukraine In many ways, Ukraine’s Euromaidan is rather unlike the wave of mass protests in Russia that followed the rigged election to the State Duma in December 2011. Read more

	Vienna’s War on Drugs: Refugee Crises and the Recriminalization of Narcotics	David Petruccelli	Read more	Authors: David Petruccelli Published: , Vienna’s War on Drugs: Refugee Crises and the Recriminalization of Narcotics Read more

	The Reasons for the Current Upsurge in Memory	Pierre Nora	Read more	Authors: Pierre Nora Published: , The Reasons for the Current Upsurge in Memory This change has taken a variety of forms: criticism of official versions of history and recovery of areas of history previously repressed; demands for signs of a past that had been confiscated or suppressed; growing interest in “roots” and genealogical research; all kinds Read more
Authors: Pierre Nora Published: , The Reasons for the Current Upsurge in Memory This change has taken a variety of forms: criticism of official versions of history and recovery of areas of history previously repressed; demands for signs of a past that had been confiscated or suppressed; growing interest in “roots” and genealogical research; all kinds Read more
	Das Böse nach dem Tod. Das öffentliche Ableben eines politischen Abjekts. Nicolae Ceausescus posthumes Leben im (heißkalten) rumänischen Leichenkeller	Naja Bentzen	Read more	Authors: Naja Bentzen Published: , Das Böse nach dem Tod. Das öffentliche Ableben eines politischen Abjekts. Nicolae Ceausescus posthumes Leben im (heißkalten) rumänischen Leichenkeller Like any story that enters popular narrative, this is one with a moral (…). Read more

	The Burden of History and the Trap of Memory	Philipp Ther	Read more	Authors: Philipp Ther Published: , The Burden of History and the Trap of Memory The exhibition has been the source of ongoing diplomatic conflict between Germany and its eastern neighbours – above all Poland – since the League called on Poland to pay compensation to former German owners of Polish property and even opposed Poland’s accession to the EU Read more
Authors: Philipp Ther Published: , The Burden of History and the Trap of Memory The exhibition has been the source of ongoing diplomatic conflict between Germany and its eastern neighbours – above all Poland – since the League called on Poland to pay compensation to former German owners of Polish property and even opposed Poland’s accession to the EU Read more