A Momentum of Opportunity for Belarus and a Cautionary Tale from North Macedonia by Ana Bobić

“…Only three years ago, in 2017, North Macedonia was in a similar position, transitioning from a 10-yearlong dictatorship of Nikola Gruevski. Some of the mistakes that were made in this process can be avoided in the case of Belarus.…”
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Authoritarian Populism and Hegemony: Constructing ‘the People’ in Macedonia’s illiberal discourse by Ljupcho Petkovski

“…This paper is a theoretically driven case study of the authoritarian populist reign of VMRO-DPMNE and its leader Nikola Gruevski in Macedonia since 2006. At the beginning, I assess the strengths and identify the pitfalls of the dominant approach to studying populism that sees populist politics as democratic illiberalism. …”
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State Capture and Corruption in (North) Macedonia* during Zoran Zaev’s Rule (2017-2021) by Zhidas Daskalovski, Zlatko Jankovski

“…Essentially, Zaev’s rule replicated previous illiberal practices of Nikola Gruevski leading to the monopolization of power in the pursuit of particularistic interests.…”
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The Characteristics of the Lexis in the Public Addresses of Some Prominent Figures in the Republic of Macedonia by Biljana Malenko

“…It is about fifteen texts from: Metodija Andonov‑Cento, Panko Brashnarov, Blazhe Koneski, Stojan Andov, Nikola Kljusev, Kiro Gligorov, Branko Crvenkovski, Ljupco Georgievski, Boris Trajkovski, Luan Starova, Goran Stefanovski, Srgjan Kerim, Nikola Gruevski i Gjorgje Ivanov, published in the book First Anthology of the Greatest Speeches of All Times from the World and Macedonia. …”
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