Most studies on income inequality look at national averages. The Gini Index, for example, shows how income is distributed across a country.
🎭 Youth Climate Activism Prefigures Just Futures, Not Distant Utopias
Young people are striking, marching, and organising across the world to confront the climate emergency.
Young people are striking, marching, and organising across the world to confront the climate emergency.
🦋 Democracy Between Anywhere and Nowhere
Democracy has a rich arsenal of meanings and practices that shape human coexistence in time, space and words.
Democracy has a rich arsenal of meanings and practices that shape human coexistence in time, space and words.
🧭 Framing Wartime Enlargement: Still a Process, After All
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine jolted enlargement from dormancy back to centre stage.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine jolted enlargement from dormancy back to centre stage.
☢️ Why Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament Is a Lonely Pursuit for African States
The finality that the UN embeds in its definition of disarmament suggests complete elimination of nuclear weapons.
The finality that the UN embeds in its definition of disarmament suggests complete elimination of nuclear weapons.
Is ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ a Genuine Mental Illness?
What happens when political elites claim their opponents are simply mad?
What happens when political elites claim their opponents are simply mad?
☢️ Young People in the Nuclear Age
Children have thinner skin, which burns quicker. They are less able to escape from collapsed or burning structures.
Children have thinner skin, which burns quicker. They are less able to escape from collapsed or burning structures.
Why Citizen Groups Outpace Business in EU Agenda-Setting
Without agenda status, the EU will not debate or negotiate a policy issue, so it's important to understand who really influences the agenda
Without agenda status, the EU will not debate or negotiate a policy issue, so it’s important to understand who really influences the agenda
How Hungary Reframed LGBTQ Pride as a National Security Issue
Officials from the ruling party Fidesz had been priming the public for months.
Officials from the ruling party Fidesz had been priming the public for months.
Towards Feminist Climate Justice in Ireland and the EU
The summer of 2025 has seen a significant increase in the impacts of climate change on Europe.
The summer of 2025 has seen a significant increase in the impacts of climate change on Europe.
Are Landmines Legitimate Self-Defence? The Folly of Leaving the Ottawa Convention
We cannot yet know the consequences of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention.
We cannot yet know the consequences of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention.
🌈 Anti-Gender Governance Technologies in Georgia, and Their Russian Connection
In practice, the Georgian version is different. Much like its Russian variant, however, it is attempting to erase gender diversity and LGBTQ+ rights from public life.
In practice, the Georgian version is different. Much like its Russian variant, however, it is attempting to erase gender diversity and LGBTQ+ rights from public life.
Does Our Understanding of Democratic Consolidation Have a Male Bias?
Feminist scholarship is warning of a backlash against gender equality and women’s political inclusion.
Feminist scholarship is warning of a backlash against gender equality and women’s political inclusion.
More Women, Multipartism, and Far-Right Populism — Is Japan Becoming More ‘European’?
The 2024 Lower House elections and 2025 Upper House elections led to significant changes in Japan’s political landscape.
The 2024 Lower House elections and 2025 Upper House elections led to significant changes in Japan’s political landscape.
☢️ The Democratic Cost of Nuclear Weapons
Like every US president since 1945, he had the sole legal authority to start a nuclear war, with neither checks nor balances to stop him.
Like every US president since 1945, he had the sole legal authority to start a nuclear war, with neither checks nor balances to stop him.
China’s Deepseek Illustrates How AI Is Shaping Our Political Norms
Artificial Intelligence technologies are increasingly serving as censorship tools for the Chinese government.
Artificial Intelligence technologies are increasingly serving as censorship tools for the Chinese government.