Anna Khan
On 10 February 2026, Russia began throttling the instant-messaging service Telegram, later announcing its full blocking from 1 April. This, says Anna Khan, is no routine act of digital sovereignty. For years, Telegram was a central conduit for the Kremlin's propaganda. Restricting it signals not strength, but an attempt to contain the regime's decentralised nationalist momentum Read more
Benjamin Faude
Global crises place extraordinary strain on international cooperation. Benjamin Faude and Kenneth W. Abbott examine how global governance performs under pressure, arguing that resilience depends on combining robust institutions with flexible arrangements, effective leadership, and the capacity to learn and adapt during crises Read more
Steffen Hurka
Steffen Hurka and Yves Steinebach reveal that EU climate legislation has become so complex that even well-resourced member states struggle to put it into practice. Longer, more detailed laws create implementation failures regardless of administrative capacity, suggesting the EU's climate ambitions may be undermined by how laws are written Read more
Narges Qadirli
Following Israel’s 12-day air campaign in Iran in June 2025, casualty figures varied across media sources, official reports, and humanitarian organisations. Narges Qadirli examines how short urban air warfare exposes structural constraints in the recording, measurement, and verification of civilian harm across conflict datasets and casualty reporting systems Read more
Henning Schäckelhoff
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency is supposed to defend democracy from extremist threats. But new statistical evidence suggests that branches of the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland are most likely to be labelled extremist in regions where the party is electorally strongest. This pattern, says Henning Schäckelhoff, raises a difficult question: is militant democracy protecting the constitution – or shaping political competition? Read more
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