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• Jiří Pehe: anti-establishment attitudes and widespread disinterest in politics may have to do with historic traumas

  Elections to the European Parliament came and went almost unnoticed in the Czech Republic, where over 80 percent of voters simply ignored them. The record-low turnout of…

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• Senate could play a stronger role but not without changes, says political analyst Pehe

  Voters in the Czech Republic are going to the polls on Friday and Saturday in the second round of elections to the upper chamber of Parliament. But traditionally turn-out…

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• Political analyst Jiří Pehe: The Czech Christian Democrats should look abroad for inspiration

  The junior party in the Czech governing coalition, the Christian Democrats, held a party conference over the weekend re-electing an old-new leadership and outlining plans…

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• Political commentator Jiří Pehe: Duchcov coalition could seriously damage the Social Democrats

  The situation in Duchcov, north Bohemia, where the Social Democrats have entered into a coalition with the ultra-right Workers Social Justice Party and the Communists and…

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• Václav Havel’s decency gave him courage, says his former advisor Jiří Pehe

  People in the Czech Republic and around the world hail the late ex-president Václav Havel as a great European, a humanist and a man who stood up to the communist regime, a…

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• ‘Velvet Retro’: historian Veronika Pehe on Czech pop culture, (anti)heroes, collective memory and post-communist nostalgia – for resistance

  Popular films, TV series and novels can profoundly shape a nation’s collective memory and cement the evolving historical master narrative. In her new book, ‘Velvet Retro…

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• Political scientist Jiří Pehe: Babiš must be feeling he has hit his limits

  The communal and senatorial elections were seen as a test of strength of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’ ANO party, which has dominated Czech national politics since winning…

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• Pavel criticises government communication – but is he right?

  President Pavel has said this week that Petr Fiala’s coalition government is poor in communication with the public, echoing a commonly heard assertion. But is he right?

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• New parties under pressure to do well in upcoming local and Senate elections, says analyst Jiří Pehe

  Czechs around the country will be going to the polls on Friday and Saturday. Record numbers of candidates are running in elections for municipal councils, with one of the…

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• “He has returned a degree of dignity to the post”: President Pavel’s first 100 days in office evaluated

  Saturday marks Petr Pavel’s first 100 days as president of Czechia. What have been his biggest successes – and his biggest failures?

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• Why does cronyism thrive so well in Czechia?

  Czechia is second on the crony capitalism index compiled by The Economist, after Russia and just ahead of Malaysia, Singapore and Mexico. Why is that so?

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• “Not such a stupid move”: Populist right parties announce electoral alliance plan

  Tomio Okamura’s Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) is preparing to form an electoral alliance with fellow populist right party Tricolour.

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• Analyst: President Zelensky cannot expect a firm commitment on NATO membership before the war ends

  President Zelensky visited Czechia this week to drum up support for his country’s early admission to NATO. Did the Ukrainian leader get what he came to Prague for? 

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• Expert: Court acquittal may boost Babiš’s chances in presidential run, but not enough

  Monday saw ANO party leader and presidential candidate Andrej Babiš acquitted of fraud charges in connection to the so-called Stork’s Nest case. 

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• Pundit: “Several factors” behind Babiš presidential announcement delay

  After saying he would say in September whether he will stand in presidential elections, Andrej Babiš now says he would announce “at the last moment”. Why the change?

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• Pundit: Handling of US base issue shows “a lot of amateurism”

  The defence minister made headlines by saying she would discuss potential US military bases on Czech territory in Washington. Within days the PM had dismissed the idea.

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• Castle scandals put spotlight on presidential powers

  President Zeman’s team are constantly in the news right now, with reports of the shredding of classified documents, a widely derided pardon and an unauthorised flight.

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• Political analyst: When emotions subside people will come to see that the present election system is unjust

  How will the decision of the Constitutional Court to invalidate part of the election law impact the coming elections? Radio Prague spoke to analyst Jiří Pehe.

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• Senate results should spark reflection from government parties, force negotiations with Social Democrats: political analyst Jiří Pehe

  Political analyst Jiří Pehe says the Senate election results represent a backlash against the centre-right coalition government’s reforms. He expects the outcome to make…

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• Analyst reacts to president Klaus's re-election

  In an interview with our correspondent Dominik Jůn, political analyst Jiří Pehe assesses the impact of president Klaus’s re-election:

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• Panel discussion

  2000 Panel discussion - Rob Cameron mulls over the year 2000 with commentators Vaclav Zak, Jiri Pehe and Vaclav Pinkava.

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• Vít Klepárník of new think tank CESTA: left should no longer be a dirty word

  A group of Czech intellectuals including political analyst Jiří Pehe, sociologists Jan Keller and Tereza Stöckelová, and others, felt that ever since the fall of communism…

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• Vít Klepárník of new think tank CESTA: left should no longer be a dirty word

  A group of Czech intellectuals including political analyst Jiří Pehe, sociologists Jan Keller and Tereza Stöckelová, and others, felt that ever since the fall of communism…

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• In search of a lost book: a novel re-emerges after nearly a quarter of a century

  If you listen to Radio Prague regularly you will probably be familiar with the political scientist and academic Jiri Pehe, who has written widely on political developments…

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• Analyst: President Zeman was very active in his first 100 days in office, but may become less effective

  This week marks the end of the first 100 days in office for President Miloš Zeman. Radio Prague spoke with political analyst Jiří Pehe about what was surprising about…

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