Romania

BBC documentary State Secrets

December 11, 2009

It is estimated that up to one million people were killed during communism in Eastern Europe – but there is no clear figure for those imprisoned, persecuted or spied on. The whole issue of what to do about the past – forget, forgive, confront – is a live and contentious one in countries like Poland, [...]

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Democratic control of CuIS in post communist Cuba

September 11, 2009

The Cuban Intelligence Services (CuIS) found within the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of the Armed Forces, and the Cuban Communist Party could hamper or promote a transition toward democracy when Communism passes as a form of government. Romania’s experience offers examples of which path a post-Communist government can undertake in restructuring its intelligence services [...]

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Cuba will end up looking more like Albania than the Bahamas

March 8, 2008

The editor of Foreign Policy, Mois

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