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February 27, 2025

Can the EU form an autonomous military alliance?

Morgiane Noel

To resist ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine, the EU must present a united military front. But different member states have different security priorities, and this is proving a challenge. Morgiane Noel argues that to achieve autonomous military alliance, the EU must navigate internal divisions, address external threats, and redefine its global role

February 26, 2025

Mind the gap: how a lack of regular oversight is fuelling the crisis in Welsh local democracy

Rachel Gibson

Recent experience of Welsh local democracy reveals a troubling lack of oversight of Community Councils, the 'closest tier of government to the people'. Echoing calls for radical reform of the sector, Rachel Gibson identifies the fundamental paradox of power at the heart of the problem

February 13, 2025

🧭 Reasserting the meaning of integration: a new history of the present

Ferenc Laczó

Ferenc Laczó reconsiders European integration as a history of the present, focusing on the roles East Europeans have played. He argues that the foremost representatives of East European states now remind their fellow Europeans of the existential stakes of the European project

January 23, 2025

Why Trump should overhaul all diplomatic posts in his first 100 days

Michael Walsh

The Biden administration and 118th Congress failed to adequately reform and modernise the organisation of US diplomatic posts. Michael Walsh argues that Trump should urgently reassess the US Foreign Affairs Manual's conceptual model for organising such positions

January 22, 2025

Moldova versus Russian sharp power

John Chin

Winter is coming to Chișinău. On 1 January, Moscow cut off all gas exports to the former Soviet state of Moldova. John Chin and Noel Overby put this Russian energy embargo in the context of ongoing Moldovan resistance to a protracted Russian sharp power campaign

January 16, 2025

🌊 There are no independent regulators under populist rule

Rafael Labanino

Illiberal populists politicise regulatory agencies. Under populist governments, regulatory agencies engage primarily with interest groups which enjoy close connections to the ruling parties. This is bad news for democratic quality and the quality of governance, write Rafael Labanino and Michael Dobbins

January 14, 2025

The struggle for a dignified return of refugees to Syria

Maissam Nimer

The sudden collapse of the Assad regime could result in Syrian refugees being pressured into returning. But Maissam Nimer and Susan Beth Rottmann say refugee returns must be voluntary, dignified, and sustainable – not driven by political agendas. Given Syria's shattered infrastructure, instability, and limited opportunities, 'safety' means more than simply the absence of violence

January 9, 2025

The West’s strategic mistake in disengaging from Georgia

Francesco Foti

The West is failing to invest against Russian encroachment in Georgia, choosing instead to break relations. Francesco Foti argues that Western disengagement will prove a serious obstacle to Georgia realigning with the West.

January 9, 2025

Georgia’s Second Rose Revolution

John Chin

Georgia is undergoing its most significant mass uprising since the 2003 rose revolution, with the future of democracy in Georgia and Georgia’s future in Europe at stake. John Chin and Anastasia Kim put this unrest in context by reviewing Georgia’s revolutionary history and ongoing challenges posed by Russian sharp power

January 8, 2025

Why digital electoral campaigning needs urgent regulation

Gabriela Borz

The Romanian presidential elections reveal the dangers of unregulated digital electoral campaigning, argues Gabriela Borz. To combat the risks and control the output, democracies should take urgent regulatory measures, and improve their citizens’ digital skills

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Can the EU form an autonomous military alliance?

Mind the gap: how a lack of regular oversight is fuelling the crisis in Welsh local democracy

🧭 Reasserting the meaning of integration: a new history of the present

Why Trump should overhaul all diplomatic posts in his first 100 days

Moldova versus Russian sharp power

🌊 There are no independent regulators under populist rule

The struggle for a dignified return of refugees to Syria

The West’s strategic mistake in disengaging from Georgia

Georgia’s Second Rose Revolution

Why digital electoral campaigning needs urgent regulation

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