CEE Comrades
What 4 countries occupied zones of Germany after WWII
What are...
France, USA, UK, USSR
Name the only country that violently overthrew the communist regime (and when)
What is...
Romania, 1989
Name 2 main gerrymandering strategies used in Hungary
What are...
Packing and cracking
What are 3 effects of the end of communism (relating to migration)?
What are...
Greater freedom of movement between countries
Brain drain out of Eastern Europe
People moving from the countryside to cities for work
Remittances sent back to family members
Name 1 of Daksh's biggest grievances against Copenhagen
What is...
Coffee prices
What is goulash communism?
What is...
A mixed type of communism with a controlled market economy and good standard of living
When and What was the Prague Spring?
What is...
Period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1968
Which country had presidential elections observed by the presenters of the second field study?
What is...
Moldova
Name at least 2 border protection measures that Poland and Lithuania used in response to the weaponized migration crisis waged by Belarus in 2021
What are...
Border fences
Drones
Thermal imaging cameras
Motion detectors
Smart fences
5 languages Miłosz speaks
What are...
Polish, English, Danish, German, and Russian
This policy allowed the USSR to intervene militarily in any state where socialism was going wrong.
What is...
The Brezhnev Doctrine
Who was the leader of the Solidarity movement and later the president of Poland?
Who is...
Lech Wałęsa
Polish politician that went back to national politics from Brussels and defeated the populist party in government (+50 points for naming the politician's party)
Who is...
Donald Tusk
Civic Platform
What was the name of the first movie we watched, and what did it reveal about migration to Germany? (think back to class presentations on migration)
What is...
Shortcut to Istanbul
Niyazi moved to Germany to make money, intending to return to Turkey later. Migrants who came to Germany for work in this period often stayed in the country beyond when their work ended.
What is the name of the main character in "Good Bye, Lenin!" (first and last name)
Who is...
Alex Kerner
What is the difference in systems of government between the USSR and modern Russia (and describe both)
What is...
Totalitarianism: controls how citizens think, citizens watched all the time.
Authoritarianism: Political control (don’t care what citizens think as long as they don’t protest)
What accident led to the downfall of the Berlin Wall?
What is...
GDR politician, Gunter Schabowski, announced the wall was open effective immediately without reading the press release.
Name 2 shared aspects of left wing and right wing populism
What are...
Distrust of elites
Globalization is bad
Describe how the attitudes toward migration in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden changed because of the early 2010s migration crisis
What are...
Germany: During the crisis had an open border policy & took in lots of migrants. After the crisis, rising anti-immigration sentiment and popularity of right wing parties like AfD
Denmark: Had already been moving toward stricter migration policy since early 2000s, but further tightened immigration and asylum policies
Sweden: Prior to 2016 had pro-migration policies, after 2016 passed legislation that was more hostile to migrants
Topic of the first field study (+50 points the area it was in)
What is...
FIMI: Operation Doppelganger (Russian Disinformation)
Frederiksberg
Where and when was the first large-scale riot against communism after WWII?
What is...
East Germany, 1953
A large wave of protests was brutally quenched by the communist government
Name the three political dispositions that have the following attitudes toward change [ No change: ?, Slow Change: ?, Fast Change: ?]
What is...
No change: traditionalism
Slow change: conservative
Fast change: revolutionary
Name an American member of the liberal political elite we discussed in class that Orban has defined as a political enemy
Who is...
George Soros
What are the 4 responses to IM that Malwina Talik mentioned from “Weapons of Mass Migration” by Kelly Greenhill
What are...
Prevention and early warnings (Risk analysis)
Deterrence and restrictions (risk: hypocrisy cost)
Accepting refugees and other migrants and preparation of reception centers
Invasion of the hostile actor
Name every member of group 3 (we get the points if no one can)
Who are...
Elise, Yash, Cliona, Jackie, and Eliana