Elena Yurieva
Global AI competition has entered a new phase. While Washington and Brussels build 'Pax Silica' around infrastructure, Beijing is developing a rival coalition around governance. At first glance, this suggests the emergence of a bipolar model. But a closer look, says Elena Yurieva, reveals a picture that is far more complex Read more
Zoe Gueli
Zoe Gueli argues that in Italy, the anti-Brussels rhetoric of governing right-wing party Fratelli dโItalia survives not because Italians are Eurosceptic, but because its rhetoric functions as a domestic political tool โ one that EU institutions are structurally unable to counter Read more
Mahmoud Rasouli
Mahmoud Rasouli argues that debates over the US-Iran confrontation focus overwhelmingly on governments while overlooking the people most affected by their decisions. Although both Washington and Tehran frequently claim to act on behalf of ordinary Iranians, citizens rarely influence the policies pursued in their name Read more
Nicholas Ross Smith
Four years after launching its Indo-Pacific Strategy, the EU still isn't seen as a serious geopolitical player in the 'region'. Closing this perception gap, not building more capability, argues Nicholas Ross Smith, is Brussels' real challenge Read more
Grace Cerenko
In the lively debate on under-16 social media bans, both camps risk missing precisely what it is that keeps people returning to these platforms. Embracing the insights of the twentieth-century French philosopher Michel Foucault, argues Grace Cerenko, sheds valuable light on how social media operates. Armed with this understanding, we can design effective legislation to alleviate its harm Read more
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