Some countries, especially in the Balkans and the Commonwealth of Independent States, are far from completing the transition and have gone through repeated cycles of hope and crisis. As elsewhere in the world, growth in the region has slowed sharply since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008.
但是，不难理解，并非处处开花。一些国家，特别是巴尔干地区国家和独联体国家，还远远没有完成转型，陷入了希望和危机的循环之中。和世界其他地区一样，该地区的增长在2008年全球金融危机爆发后大幅放缓。许多国家放慢了改革的速度，此后几乎再也没有恢复。地缘政治考虑让问题进一步复杂化，乌克兰冲突就是明证。