Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, recently praised the Uzbek model of "efficient governance.” This is no joke. In the midst of an official visit to Tashkent, the leader from Bratislava saw fit to praise a system that operates without real opposition, without a free press, and without political pluralism. And he did so with the air of a man who brings to Europe a saving idea regarding economic development: let's look East. "When you have 100 parties, you cannot compete economically