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The Future Combat Air System and the limits of Franco-German leadership

April 21, 2026

Why regime-change wars return when world order is in transition 

April 20, 2026

How Lithuania is navigating security as Pax Americana fades 

April 17, 2026

Rewriting political memory in Chile

April 17, 2026

Why Europe’s support for war on Iran is backfiring 

April 16, 2026
April 16, 2026

🔮 Explaining Tisza’s Hungarian breakthrough

Endre Borbáth Endre Borbáth argues that Tisza’s breakthrough in Hungary was not simply the product of anti-incumbent anger or Péter Magyar’s personal appeal. It rested on a combination of cross-cutting grievances, participatory organisation, and intensive campaigning that turned a new party into a credible vehicle for regime change Read more
April 15, 2026

Who has scooped the 2025 Best Blog prize?

Kate Hawkins Last week we awarded our annual £500 prize for the best Loop blog piece in the previous calendar year, as judged by an independent jury. Here, Managing Editor Kate Hawkins presents the longlisted pieces — and revels who has taken this year's top spot Read more
April 15, 2026

The political power of Latin America's first ladies 

Carolina Guerrero Valencia First ladies in Latin America are more than ceremonial figures. They influence public policy, advance political careers, and build power within the core of the executive branch – without a formal mandate, or accountability. Carolina Guerrero Valencia shows why ignoring them means misreading presidential power itself  Read more
April 14, 2026

🌈 Feminist solidarities in times of chronic crisis

Marta Rawłuszko Feminists all over Europe embrace solidarity as a form of political dissent – and face systematic repression as a result. Yet, Marta Rawłuszko argues, they continue to resist and offer deeply political and practical alternatives to capitalist and nation-state logics  Read more
April 14, 2026

Why US-Africa bilateral health deals are inherently unfair

Fubu Ngubu New US-Africa health agreements promise funding and self-reliance. But many include clauses on data and pathogen sharing. Fubu Ngubu argues that such arrangements risk transforming health partnerships into exercises in digital extraction. African data is generating global value without fair returns for African nations Read more

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