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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

What Andy Burnham's psychology tells us about his foreign policy

August 12, 2026

How come we're still asking why wars endure?

August 11, 2026
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
August 6, 2026

The missing actor in the US-Iran conflict: the Iranian people

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
August 5, 2026

The EU's Indo-Pacific problem is not capability, it is perception

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

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