The communist world was supposed to have had its annus mirabilis in 1989. But the demise of the Soviet Union came two years later, at the end of 1991; and then, perplexingly, a series of irregular executive changes began to take place the following decade in countries that had supposedly experienced their 'revolution' already.

Our focus in this collection is the changes that took place in Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan between 2000 and 2005 that have together been called the 'coloured revolutions': of no particular hue in Serbia, but Rose in Georgia, Orange in Ukraine and Tulip in Kyrgyzstan. Not just, it seemed, did they share a colour; they also appeared to share a common inspiration and a common pattern, and perhaps a common source of foreign sponsorship.

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‘Coloured Revolution’ as a Political Phenomenon