They did not underestimate the risks, focused on preventative measures and prioritized long-term social wellbeing over short-term economic considerations.
Many political observers have noticed how the most recent anti-immigration protests relating to the debate on the UN compact have displayed comparatively higher levels of violent rhetoric and political heat.
Estonia's program of 'e-residency' allows you to be a citizen of the country no matter where you live - an especially lucrative proposal for Remain supporters in a post-Brexit Britain.
Central and eastern European hard right parties have more rapid success than their western counterparts, due to these countries’ subjection to the worst effects of neoliberalism and financialisation.
Instead of following the uber-capitalism of Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia should look to Finland, which from next year will experiment with giving some of its citizens a guaranteed basic income.
The refugee crisis has triggered a diplomatic row between Greece and certain 'new' member-states from Central and Eastern Europe. What does this tell us?
With Estonian political parties seemingly wedded to the free-market, neoliberal policies that have defined the country since independence, is there any chance of an alternative?
Collusion between the press and politicians is not confined to western Europe. Central and Eastern European countries are also plagued by their own mini-Murdochs – and in these more fragile democracies, they represent an even bigger threat.
After Iceland, Estonia is the second European country to engage in a radically novel democratic experiment. Against growing contempt for corrupt and out of touch political elites, Estonian civil society is betting on crowdsourced constitutional reform.
