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Exploiting international law for political persecution

August 24, 2026

How political science learned to stop worrying and love liberal democracy

August 21, 2026

Who would pay to leave Mercosur – and who would really lose

August 20, 2026

When deep prehistory becomes digital nationalism

August 19, 2026

The grim future of European migration policy

August 18, 2026
August 17, 2026

Private education and the limits of uniformity

Pierce Leslie Britainโ€™s debate over private schooling often treats fairness as a choice between a divided system and a common one. Pierce Leslie argues that equality depends on whether funding, capacity and accountability reach the pupils who need them most Read more
August 13, 2026

๐Ÿฆ‹ Building a pluriversal democracy where many worlds fit

Mebratu Kelecha Mebratu Kelecha argues that democracy should not force deep differences into one supposedly universal language. A pluriversal democracy would protect conflict without elimination, recognise the right to opacity, and build institutions in which Indigenous law, more-than-human claims, and revisable political settlements can coexist. Rather than demanding final consensus, it would preserve legitimate difference Read more
August 12, 2026

What Andy Burnham's psychology tells us about his foreign policy

Consuelo Thiers Andy Burnham takes office with little public record on foreign policy. Consuelo Thiers profiles his political personality to offer a interpretation on how he may act on the world stage. She argues that Burnham is likely to be more consultative than his predecessor, but no less determined to shape events his own way Read more
August 11, 2026

How come we're still asking why wars endure?

Eglal Hamid Abdulgadir Political science has spent decades studying what wars destroy. Contemporary wars, says Eglal Hamed Abdulgadir, suggest it may be time to ask what they produce Read more
August 10, 2026

Dicing the onion: dissecting top-down assumptions about Chinese discourse control

Ruairidh Brown As concerns grow over the global reach of Chinese Communist Party censorship, Ruairidh Brown and Momo clarify how Chinese discourse control functions. Rather than a top-down, process, they argue, censorship is a multidirectional social phenomenon Read more

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