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🌈 Conservative parties against gender equality

June 18, 2026

🧭 From enlargement to belonging: redefining EU membership

June 18, 2026

Cultural erasure is violating human rights in post-Soviet states

June 17, 2026

The crisis in Türkiye's Republican People's Party

June 16, 2026

☢️ Lessons for nuclear proliferation from the myth of Orpheus

June 15, 2026
June 12, 2026

Do multilateral lenders perform better under competition?

Bernhard Reinsberg The creation of new multilateral development banks (MDBs) increases competitive pressure within the system. How does such competition affect MDBs' performance? Bernhard Reinsberg and Benjamin Faude show that while pressure improves the quality of newly approved World Bank projects, it has no significant effect on ongoing ones Read more
June 12, 2026

🌈 From silence to accountability: the power of women’s war testimonies

Kristine Höglund As reports of gendered violence emerge from Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere, a crucial question remains: whose stories shape our understanding of war? Annika Björkdahl, Kristine Höglund and Johanna Mannergren show how women's testimonies have transformed how the world recognises wartime violence. Despite this, women remain marginal to many accounts of conflict Read more
June 11, 2026

What the archives tell us about Europe’s geopolitical origins

Katerina Klimoska Drawing on her research at the Historical Archives of the European Union, Katerina Klimoska argues that Europe’s current geopolitical awakening is less a departure from the past than a rediscovery of ideas embedded in European integration from its earliest postwar years Read more
June 10, 2026

Why a far-right president won’t solve all Colombia’s problems

Julia Zulver Ultra-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella won 10.3 million votes in the first round of presidential elections in Colombia. But Julia Zulver and Priscyll Anctil Avoine warn that an 'iron fist' security approach carries significant risks for Colombian democracy Read more
June 9, 2026

The limits of sanctions in a multipolar era 

Ilan Kapoor As states adapt through alternative trade networks, shadow fleets, and new payment systems, Ilan Kapoor reveals how sanctions increasingly impose costs without securing political compliance  Read more

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