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🌊 Far-right setbacks do not reverse illiberal change

October 1, 2026

🌈 Gender, public knowledge, and democratic backsliding

October 1, 2026

💊 Why we need a National Commission on UK electoral reform

September 30, 2026

Javier Milei and the limits of pressure over the Malvinas/Falklands

September 30, 2026

Digital protest can spread quickly, yet still be easy to stop

September 28, 2026
September 25, 2026

America's absence from NATO’s latest space initiative, HALO

Akash Shah Akash Shah analyses the necessity of HALO for NATO’s integration of space architecture. Here, he suggests that President Trump’s push for European self-reliance, data sovereignty and technical challenges could all explain the US absence from this initiative Read more
September 25, 2026

When the exception becomes the rule in world politics

Ilan Kapoor The rules-based international order is not simply breaking down. Governments are increasingly governing through exceptions built into the rules themselves, argues Ilan Kapoor Read more
September 25, 2026

Disability, work and the limits of benefit reform in Britain

Pierce Leslie Britain’s disability-benefit debate is commonly framed as a choice between containing spending and protecting claimants. Pierce Leslie argues that a better settlement would instead distinguish income protection from employment support and make it safer for people with partial or fluctuating capacity to work Read more
September 17, 2026

Making fun of Trump (and creating a better world too)

Lasse Thomassen Humour is effective as a line of attack against authoritarian post-truthers like Trump. And like post-truth, humour is about feelings and the effect on your audience. But Lasse Thomassen suggests that humour – used well – can help make us see new truths to which we were otherwise blind Read more
September 17, 2026

🌈 Online violence against women in public life threatens democracy

Ján Michalko A recent ruling in the case of a Slovak journalist who suffered years of online abuse is a stark reminder of widespread gendered violence against women in public life. Ján Michalko argues that this form of violence puts democracies at risk and demands an urgent response, including efforts to transform unequal gender norms that enable it Read more

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