Vol. 48 No. 2 (2026)

Thematic issue on the paradoxes of non-state actor agency in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe (edited by Péter Marton)

• Shrinking space, expanding agency: Introducing the thematic issue on the paradoxes of non-state actor agency in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe

  Péter Marton

  4-10

• Rippling influence: The rhetorical legacy of the Joint Baltic American National Committee in shaping U.S. foreign policy

  Kristen M. Einertson

  11-36

• Cyber-libertarianism or marketing strategy? An investigation of Telegram’s domain-specific agency

  Petr Gulenko

  37-63

• The non-state actor contestation of battery factory investments in Hungary: the activism of GÖD-ÉRT and MIAKÖ

  Judit Ricz, Andrea Éltető

  64-91

• Illiberal modernity and non- state actor agency: the Hungarian Reformed Church’s role in contemporary Hungary

  Anita Szűcs

  92-117

• The role of the European Jewish Congress in the context of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau camp, and Russia’s quest to instrumentalise non-state actors

  Jakub Bornio, Przemysław Zawada

  118-141

• Environmental NGOs at war: The transformation of ENGO agency in Ukraine after 2022

  Kinga Szálkai

  142-171

• A Shrinking Space for Participation? Measuring the Participation of Civil Society Organisations in Abkhazia

  Gaelle Le Pavic, Said Gezerdava

  172-203

• Bridging protection gaps: The critical role of NGOs in supporting refugee women in Turkey and Greece during the migration crisis

  Nour al-Wattar

  204-228