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🎈 How three transformations blocked democratic responsiveness

June 2, 2026

Turkish and Russian managed rivalry in Syria

June 2, 2026

🔮 The populist radical right as a governing logic

June 1, 2026

🧭 The EU’s Turkish dilemma and enlargement

May 29, 2026

Why 'prisoner release' in Belarus means forced expulsion

May 29, 2026
May 27, 2026

Do scandals carry different electoral costs for male and female candidates in Japan? 

Peter Chai Conducting a conjoint survey experiment with 4,730 adults, Peter Chai and colleagues found that voters punish sexual violence most severely. Bribery, meanwhile, incurs substantial costs, adultery and nepotism are penalised less, and male candidates attract heavier punishment for sexual misconduct, whereas female candidates face lighter penalties for nepotism Read more
May 27, 2026

☢️ France is gambling with Europe’s credibility 

Robin Gilman France claims that a 'safer’ Europe is the goal of its new nuclear policy. Yet Robin Gilman argues that undermining the nonproliferation treaty is eroding the EU’s credibility and safety, leaving it at a crossroads. It can either remain a reliable partner – or fuel the collapse of the rules-based order Read more
May 26, 2026

Keiko Fujimori: bidding to turn dynasty into destiny in Peru

Carolina Guerrero Valencia Peru's most polarising politician is making an extraordinary fourth bid for the country’s presidency. Carolina Guerrero Valencia and Ignacio Arana Araya discuss how Keiko built her career on dynastic inheritance and the First Lady role: two shortcuts to power that push fragile democracies toward soft patrimonialism Read more
May 26, 2026

🎈 The European Democracy Shield: defending what?

Omran Shroufi We commonly hear EU leaders talk about the need to ‘defend democracy’. Yet, as Omran Shroufi shows, their discourse is often more about identifying and naming geopolitical threats than it is about tackling pervasive, home-grown structural problems of democratic disconnect and disillusionment Read more
May 21, 2026

Why do some migrants engage in politics while others do not? 

Zeynep Menteşoğlu Tardivo Most explanations of migrants’ political participation focus on what happens after migration, such as citizenship, institutional access and socioeconomic incorporation. But this is only part of the story. Using data from 23 European countries, Zeynep Menteşoğlu Tardivo and Simona Guglielmi find that origin-country political culture has a lasting influence on political participation Read more

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