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Is democracy being eroded from within?

June 18, 2025

☢️ How can we protect nuclear facilities?

June 17, 2025

🧭 Why the EU must act before public support for enlargement fades

June 16, 2025

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June 13, 2025

Europe’s call to international scholars must come with real support

June 12, 2025
June 11, 2025

How hard is it to find a date when you vote radical right?

Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte and Alberto López Ortega explore what our dating choices reveal about democracy. While liberal circles assume radical-right supporters are socially shunned, experimental evidence shows the opposite. Normalisation, not exclusion, reigns — and that’s a warning sign for anyone concerned about the erosion of democratic norms Read more
June 11, 2025

European Court of Justice ruling prohibits Malta from selling citizenship

Konstantinos Papanikolaou On 29 April 2025, the European Court of Justice ruled that Malta may no longer sell citizenship through its ‘golden passports’ scheme. Konstantinos Papanikolaou explains the phenomenon of citizenship sales and why the ruling was surprising. But will it put an end to the practice? Read more
June 10, 2025

🧭 Enlargement and the rise of endless conditionality

Beáta Bakó Membership of the EU no longer guarantees access to its core benefits. With funding now tied to rule-of-law compliance, aspiring member states are subject to increasing scrutiny. Beáta Bakó examines how this shift reshapes accession prospects – and why candidate countries may find themselves caught in a new cycle of disillusionment Read more
June 9, 2025

☢️ A plea from South America for diverse perspectives on nuclear politics 

Luiza Januário Luiza Januário argues that the threats and opportunities of nuclear technology are an intrinsically global matter. Here, she offers a South American perspective on the nuclear politics dilemma  Read more
June 6, 2025

💊 The power of social models for teaching democratic politics

Titus Alexander Our models of higher education have polarising effects. Titus Alexander argues that we need to learn from Nordic models of adult education and recognise teaching as a form of scholarship to help citizens renew democracy Read more

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