Tanja Porcnik

President and co-founder of the Visio Institute. An advisor at the Legatum Institute. Formerly she was a director of the Fraser Institute, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, a senior fellow at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, and a Government Teaching Fellow at Georgetown University & The Fund for American Studies

Society

Hong Kong Fights for Rule of Law, and More

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / September 23, 2019

Recently, Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announced that her government will withdraw the contested bill that would undermine the rule of law by allowing extraditions to mainland China, which sparked three months of protests in the city. However, demonstrations are unlikely to end anytime soon.

Politics

Flirting with Illiberalism

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / September 2, 2019

In mid-June, hundreds of thousands of Czechs took to the streets of Prague calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in light of both a criminal investigation in the Czech Republic over alleged fraud, and an EU investigation over the abuse of EU funds by his Agrofert conglomerate.

Economy

Eastern Europe 30 Years After Revolution

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / May 20, 2019

Thirty years later, public policies and political institutions of the former socialist economies do not equally support economic freedom, just as they do not observe the same level of international trade, foreign direct investment, and income.

Think Tank News

Visio Journal: Securing Cyberspace

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / January 17, 2019

In the highly-digitalized world of the 21st century, the citizens, private sector, and government alike face a growing challenge of securing cyberspace. Cyber threats and attacks pose as one of the latest and ever-growing security issues.

Society

Nationalism and Populism Detrimental to Freedom

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / December 10, 2018

Unsurprisingly, among the countries with the most substantial deteriorations in freedom in recent years are Turkey and Poland, both experiencing evident weakening of the rule of law, contracting religious freedom, and attacks on freedom of expression.

Politics

State of Liberalism in Central and Eastern Europe

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / October 8, 2018

The last couple of years have seen the citizens of several CEE countries witness the erosion of hard-earned liberalism, while privately and publicly weighing on how to prevent populists in power from further trampling citizen’s freedoms and rights.

Economy

Central and Eastern Europe: Economic Freedom Up

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / October 1, 2018

Past week, the Economic Freedom of the World: 2018 Annual Report was released. The report is based on data from 2016 and measures the economic freedom by analyzing the policies and institutions of 162 countries and territories.

Politics

Uncertainty Looms Over Slovenia’s Future

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / June 4, 2018

On Sunday, June 3, the Slovenes voted in the snap parliamentary election. Nine political parties passed a minimum 4% threshold to gain representation in the National Assembly, a record in Slovenia’s history. The winner was the Social Democratic Party (SDS) with 24,94% of the vote.

Think Tank News

Eastern Europe 25 Years After the Fall of Communism

BY Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / May 15, 2018

The Visio institute has just published the second issue of The Visio Journal, which offers several papers analyzing the degree to which the public policies and political institutions of former socialist economies have been supportive of economic freedom following the collapse of communism.

Review #8

REVIEW #8: Standing Strong And Firm for Personal Freedoms [FOREWORD]

BY Tanja Porcnik AND 4liberty.eu / May 5, 2018

No matter which region of the world we look at, personal freedoms are under assault, be it by the government or by fellow citizens. As such, the government may repress the opposition, journalists, and civil society activists with unlawful imprisonments, torture, and disappearances.