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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

Private education and the limits of uniformity

August 17, 2026

🦋 Building a pluriversal democracy where many worlds fit

August 13, 2026
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
August 7, 2026

Who moves next in the global AI race?

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
August 6, 2026

Why anti-EU rhetoric persists without an anti-EU public

Zoe Gueli Zoe Gueli argues that in Italy, the anti-Brussels rhetoric of governing right-wing party Fratelli dโ€™Italia 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

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