Globalna demokratska recesija i stanje političkih režima na prostoru bivšeg SSSR-a
The Global Democratic Recession and Types of Political Regimes in Former Soviet Countries

Author(s): Boris Varga
Subject(s): Civil Society, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political behavior
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Regimes; democracy; authoritarianism; democratic recession; European Union; Russia; Eurasian Economic Union
Summary/Abstract: In this article the author analyses types of political regimes in states of former Soviet Union. The analysis is twofold: firstly – on discourse of global “democratic recession”; and “raise of authoritarianism”, and secondly – on political regimes in 12 post-soviet states. The author concludes that global democracy is going through a specific type of crisis. That crisis is also reflected in the zone of transition states. Strong authoritarian countries, such as Russia and China, increase their political and economic influence in the transitional post-Soviet states, which also influences their political regimes. The state of regimes in ex-soviet states is followed by their geopolitical tendencies to merge in political and economic alliances which cut-across Eurasia. States that are in a process of democratic consolidation and whose regimes are hybrid are inclined to EU, while the (semi)consolidated authoritarian states are more inclined to Russia or integration to Eurasian economic block.

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