How do small and medium-sized states safeguard their sovereignty and national interests amid intensifying great-power rivalry and a fragmented international order?
🦋 The Times Have Changed: Beyond Conventional Studies of Democracy
Institutional theories rooted in the works of Joseph Schumpeter and Robert Dahl still dominate the study of democracy.
Institutional theories rooted in the works of Joseph Schumpeter and Robert Dahl still dominate the study of democracy.
☢️ Using Emerging Technology for Escalation Management
Recent advances in technology can be harnessed for improved transparency and escalation management.
Recent advances in technology can be harnessed for improved transparency and escalation management.
The Eu’s AI Gamble With Healthcare
In the European Commission’s recent AI First policy, the potential of regional investments in artificial intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare features very prominently.
In the European Commission’s recent AI First policy, the potential of regional investments in artificial intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare features very prominently.
Tackling Gender-Based Violence in European Universities — Through Intersectionality
UniSAFE conducted a survey of more than 42,000 students and staff across 46 European institutions.
UniSAFE conducted a survey of more than 42,000 students and staff across 46 European institutions.
🦋 Breaking Democracy Out of Its Box
Anxiety is palpable in the scholarship – we are frantically looking for answers to why democracies die, how they fail, and how to revive them.
Anxiety is palpable in the scholarship – we are frantically looking for answers to why democracies die, how they fail, and how to revive them.
Is Latin American Democracy Showing Signs of Recovery?
After almost twenty years of democratic decline, in 2023, liberal democracy in Latin America appeared to be regaining strength.
After almost twenty years of democratic decline, in 2023, liberal democracy in Latin America appeared to be regaining strength.
From Missiles to Malware, Hybrid War Is Rewriting Global Security
The Iran-Israel confrontation revealed how war today is not fought only on battlefields.
The Iran-Israel confrontation revealed how war today is not fought only on battlefields.
Rising Inequality Is Driving Europe’s Far-Right Surge
Most studies on income inequality look at national averages. The Gini Index, for example, shows how income is distributed across a country.
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