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Why were Portuguese Indians key players in the 2022 Leicester riots?

July 8, 2026

Trump’s version of Atlanticism mirrors Putin’s Eurasianism 

January 8, 2026

More women, multipartism, and far-right populism — is Japan becoming more 'European'?

September 17, 2025

Japan on the frontlines of a global health crisis: antimicrobial resistance

September 15, 2025

Armenia’s church-state relationship: the price of peace in the South Caucasus?

September 9, 2025
August 4, 2025

☢️ The legacy of Kazakhstan's nuclear past 

Marzhan Nurzhan The people of Kazakhstan are still grappling with the toxic legacy of twentieth-century Soviet nuclear tests. Marzhan Nurzhan examines nuclear identity and decoloniality in Kazakhstan's atomic past, through the medium of visual art  Read more
February 11, 2025

China's strategy to consolidate itself as a global superpower

Konrad Szatters Under Xi Jinping, nationalist right-wing rhetoric drives China’s leftist and socialist state ideology. Konrad Szatters describes how elements of this rhetoric echo the far-right populist narratives in numerous European countries Read more
February 10, 2025

Limited shift in public opinion on same-sex marriage in Japan

Robert Nordström Despite a series of court rulings challenging Japan’s same-sex marriage ban, public opinion remains largely unmoved. Robert Nordström presents evidence from new survey data which reveals the fleeting influence of judicial action in advancing LGBTQ rights in this conservative society Read more
December 18, 2024

How livestreaming helped save South Korean democracy

Yuting Alina He South Korean democracy recently escaped the imposition of martial law. The turnaround, argues argues Yuting Alina He, was helped by the livestreaming of events as they unfolded in Seoul. Livestreaming may not be new, but it has recently developed into a powerful instrument of political mobilisation and change Read more
September 17, 2024

The EU’s democracy efforts in Central Asia lack impact

Zarina Mukasheva The EU has a grand vision for democracy across the globe, and Central Asia is no exception. However, writes Zarina Mukasheva, the EU’s strategy to promote democracy in the region has so far failed to deliver. Read more

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