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Digital resilience in the age of synthetic media

February 26, 2026

🔮 Can local independents block the rise of populism in ‘left-behind’ communities? 

February 26, 2026

🌊 How democratic erosion became administratively normal in Greece

February 25, 2026

What political violence does to citizens

February 25, 2026

Democratic backsliding in Sweden amid militarisation

February 24, 2026
February 23, 2026

🌈 ‘Familyism’ and the remaking of care politics in authoritarian populism 

Başak Akkan In response to shifting gender hierarchies and demographic anxieties, authoritarian populists are pushing a 'family in crisis' narrative. Başak Akkan and Tuğçe Erçetin argue that ‘familyism’ ideology underpins pronatalist care politics aimed at restoring the patriarchal sexual contract  Read more
February 23, 2026

Centrism as a structure for political action

Karl Pike A distinct centrism which goes ‘beyond’ left and right remains elusive, argues Karl Pike. Centrists act as a managers of an ideological context shaped by existing ideologies of left and right, moderate and extreme Read more
February 19, 2026

🔮 Trump and the unmaking of multilateralism

Giada Pasquettaz Giada Pasquettaz argues that although Trump is indeed a populist, he is a distinct species within the category, and should be treated accordingly. Unlike other populist leaders, Trump does not seek to reshape multilateralism from within. Instead, he rejects it altogether Read more
February 19, 2026

Why Iran’s opposition is fracturing – and how to fix it

Hossein Kermani Hossein Kermani argues that the Islamic Republic’s staying power relies as much on fracturing its opposition as it does on repression. Here, he explains how depolarising rhetoric, institutional transparency, and durable organisation will sustain pressure, protect activists during crackdowns, and ensure the failure of the regime's divide-and-conquer tactics Read more
February 17, 2026

​​​🌈 Hindu nationalists are targeting Muslim women via AI porn 

Sonia Sarkar Followers of the ‘Hindutva’ Hindu nationalist movement are using AI-generated pornographic images to degrade Indian Muslim women – including public figures. Their tactics, argues Sonia Sarkar, serve the movement’s wider drive to humiliate India’s 200-million-strong Muslim community  Read more

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