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Georgian election results may challenge nation’s socio-political stability

October 29, 2024

Trust in artificial intelligence makes Trump/Vance a transhumanist ticket

October 24, 2024

⛓️ Why India’s academic freedom is at stake

October 23, 2024

What your menu choice says about your politics

October 22, 2024

Transnational frameworks for justice in cases of sexual violence

October 18, 2024

October 29, 2024

Georgian election results may challenge nation’s socio-political stability

Georgia’s elections on 26 October highlighted its balancing act between ties with the West and managing a complex relationship with Russia. Dennis Shen explains how competing visions for the country’s future, challenging geopolitics and potential sanctions threaten socio-political stability.

October 24, 2024

Trust in artificial intelligence makes Trump/Vance a transhumanist ticket

AI plays a central role in the 2024 US presidential election, as a tool for disinformation and as a key policy issue. But its significance extends beyond these, connecting to an emerging ideology known as TESCREAL, which envisages AI as a catalyst for unprecedented progress, including space colonisation. After this election, TESCREALism may well have more than one representative in the White House, writes Filip Bialy.

October 23, 2024

⛓️ Why India’s academic freedom is at stake

Saloni Pradhan examines the growing threats to academic freedom in India. From controversial curriculum changes to pressure on scholars, the government is eroding intellectual autonomy. The implications for India's democracy — and the country's future as a knowledge society — are significant.

October 22, 2024

What your menu choice says about your politics

Our response to political manifestos during elections usually reflects the different ways we think about politics. Yet, we can also demonstrate our politics in less obvious stereotypical associations, including consumption and lifestyle choices, argue Gaetano Scaduto and Fedra Negri, through an experiment they conducted on food in Italy.

October 18, 2024

Transnational frameworks for justice in cases of sexual violence

Many parts of the world, including India, lack institutional accountability for sexual violence. Anukriti Dixit argues for bringing together anti-caste and decolonial frameworks for justice to counter impunity in such crimes. This, she argues, would realise justice for victims in cases where the power differentials involve caste, class, and indigeneity.

October 16, 2024

America’s ‘Freedom Agenda’ and its misconception of Iran’s discursive proxies in the Middle East

As we pass the anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks, it is crucial we examine the deeper roots of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The US Freedom Agenda, designed to promote democracy in the region, has instead created instability. Loqman Radpey reveals how misinterpretations of Middle Eastern dynamics pose profound challenges to peace and security.

October 10, 2024

Why governments want to learn about citizens’ preferences

Democratic governments conduct extensive public opinion research, but we know little about how they use it. When and why do they seek to find out what the public thinks? Opening the black box of government polling in Germany, Anja Durovic and Tinette Schnatterer find governments exploit polls in a highly strategic way.

October 9, 2024

Meme warfare in Romania: the manipulation of public consciousness

Far-right Romanian presidential candidate George Simion is not just running a campaign, he’s waging a meme war. In today’s digital age, argues Mimi Mihăilescu, the way politicians communicate with the public has fundamentally shifted – and internet memes are emerging as powerful weapons for shaping public perception and discourse.

October 8, 2024

The politics of risk analysis in EU border management

Aida Halilovic argues that the EU’s empowerment of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) is controversial. Frontex straddles overlapping administrative and political dimensions, and makes decisions on matters that sit between the public goods of liberty and security, where democratic deliberation might be needed.

October 7, 2024

♟️ Autocracies need better adjectives; try using 'rule-compliant'

Regime classifications are in dire need of better 'adjectives'. Ed Dolan introduces a new typology focused on rule compliance, which matters greatly in democracies and in authoritarian regimes. China is the non-compliant authoritarian regime exception that shows why.

Latest Articles

Georgian election results may challenge nation’s socio-political stability

Trust in artificial intelligence makes Trump/Vance a transhumanist ticket

⛓️ Why India’s academic freedom is at stake

What your menu choice says about your politics

Transnational frameworks for justice in cases of sexual violence

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