An analysis argues that electoral defeats for far-right parties do not necessarily undo restrictive policies or political shifts already adopted by mainstream parties across Europe.
About The Loop
🌈 Gender, Public Knowledge, and Democratic Backsliding
An analysis explores how governments’ decisions about gender-related data can affect public accountability, recognition of marginalized communities and democratic institutions.
An analysis explores how governments’ decisions about gender-related data can affect public accountability, recognition of marginalized communities and democratic institutions.
Digital Protest Can Spread Quickly, Yet Still Be Easy to Stop
Digital protests can mobilize people rapidly, but internet shutdowns can disrupt the connections that turn scattered dissent into collective action.
Digital protests can mobilize people rapidly, but internet shutdowns can disrupt the connections that turn scattered dissent into collective action.
When the Exception Becomes the Rule in World Politics
An analysis explores how governments increasingly use legally embedded exceptions to respond to security, migration, trade, and geopolitical pressures.
An analysis explores how governments increasingly use legally embedded exceptions to respond to security, migration, trade, and geopolitical pressures.
Disability, Work and the Limits of Benefit Reform in Britain
Britain’s disability-benefit debate highlights the challenge of balancing income protection with employment support for people with partial or fluctuating work capacity.
Britain’s disability-benefit debate highlights the challenge of balancing income protection with employment support for people with partial or fluctuating work capacity.
🌊 How Social Media Turned Economic Pain Into a War on Feminism
Economic insecurity can fuel online backlash against feminism, as social media amplifies resentment, gender conflict, and narratives blaming women for broader problems.
Economic insecurity can fuel online backlash against feminism, as social media amplifies resentment, gender conflict, and narratives blaming women for broader problems.
Exploiting International Law for Political Persecution
The use of international legal mechanisms for political purposes raises concerns about how legal processes can be manipulated to target opponents, undermine due process, and weaken confidence in international justice.
The use of international legal mechanisms for political purposes raises concerns about how legal processes can be manipulated to target opponents, undermine due process, and weaken confidence in international justice.
When Deep Prehistory Becomes Digital Nationalism
In 2018, scholars discovered the 75,000-year-old remains of a Neanderthal woman in Shanidar Cave, Iraq.
In 2018, scholars discovered the 75,000-year-old remains of a Neanderthal woman in Shanidar Cave, Iraq.
The Grim Future of European Migration Policy
At the end of July, over the space of two days, around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
At the end of July, over the space of two days, around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
How Political Science Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Liberal Democracy
An analysis explores how political science’s relationship with liberal democracy has evolved through changing ideas and debates.
An analysis explores how political science’s relationship with liberal democracy has evolved through changing ideas and debates.
Private Education and the Limits of Uniformity
An analysis explores private education, diversity, and the challenges of creating equal opportunities through standardized approaches.
An analysis explores private education, diversity, and the challenges of creating equal opportunities through standardized approaches.
The Missing Actor in the US-Iran Conflict: The Iranian People
This absence is striking because both sides regularly claim to represent the interests of ordinary Iranians.
This absence is striking because both sides regularly claim to represent the interests of ordinary Iranians.
How Come We’re Still Asking Why Wars Endure?
An analysis explores why conflicts persist and why understanding the roots of war remains a global challenge.
An analysis explores why conflicts persist and why understanding the roots of war remains a global challenge.
Who Moves Next in the Global AI Race?
An analysis explores global competition in artificial intelligence, technological leadership, and the race for future influence.
An analysis explores global competition in artificial intelligence, technological leadership, and the race for future influence.
The Digital Confession Box: A Foucauldian Analysis of Social Media Bans
In the lively debate on under-16 social media bans, both camps risk missing precisely what it is that keeps people returning to these platforms.
In the lively debate on under-16 social media bans, both camps risk missing precisely what it is that keeps people returning to these platforms.
My Love, My Car: Inside Right-Wing Transport Policy
An analysis of how car culture shapes right-wing transport policies and debates over mobility and urban planning.
An analysis of how car culture shapes right-wing transport policies and debates over mobility and urban planning.