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Making fun of Trump (and creating a better world too)

September 17, 2026

🌈 Online violence against women in public life threatens democracy

September 17, 2026

Mexico's media labels need an audience test

September 16, 2026

Migration, belonging and the politics of cultural visibility

September 15, 2026

🌊 How social media turned economic pain into a war on feminism

September 14, 2026
September 11, 2026

Why Pakistan is well placed to mediate between Iran and the US

Saima Afzal Pakistan has emerged as an important diplomatic channel between Iran and the United States. Saima Afzal explains why Islamabad’s relationships with Iran, Washington and the Gulf often seen as a difficult balancing act have instead become a source of diplomatic leverage Read more
September 11, 2026

Twenty-five years after 9/11, Islamist terrorism still shapes public opinion

Amélie Godefroidt A quarter-century after 9/11, Islamist terrorism no longer dominates headlines. But has the public really become less responsive to it? Many politicians, journalists, and scholars think so. But research by Amélie Godefroidt, Micha Germann, and Fernando Mendez suggests that Islamist attacks continue to shape political attitudes in Western democracies as much as they did two decades ago Read more
September 7, 2026

Why winning seats may not make a new party politically decisive

Eytan Ellenberg Eytan Ellenberg uses Israel’s fragmented party system to ask four questions often collapsed into one: can a new party enter parliament, enlarge its political bloc, improve its chances of governing, and reconfigure the alliances through which a majority becomes possible? Read more
September 4, 2026

When civil society repression looks like ordinary administration

Ilker Kalin Last year, Slovakia overturned controversial new reporting and disclosure requirements for non-governmental organisations. The country's subsequent turn to administrative scrutiny illustrates a broader problem. Drawing on new survey experiments in Slovakia, Hungary and Türkiye, Ilker Kalin shows that targeting 'foreign-funded' organisations does little to legitimise restrictions. Yet quieter administrative pressure may be harder to recognise and resist Read more
September 3, 2026

🧭 The Iceland EU referendum vote changes nothing

Veronica Anghel Icelanders have voted against reopening accession talks with the European Union. Veronica Anghel and Erik Jones claim that the result prevents Iceland from seeking a formal decision-making role for now, but changes nothing about how deeply Iceland already participates in the European project Read more

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