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November 4, 2022

How far-right groups survive against all the odds

Sabine Volk

Germany’s largest far-right protest movement, PEGIDA, this month celebrates eight years of mobilisation and protest activity. Its survival, argues Sabine Volk, is a puzzle not explained by social movement theory. She explores an overlooked explanatory factor: PEGIDA's repetitive protest ritual

November 4, 2022

Sanctions on Russia: short-term survival, long-term destitution

Albrecht Rothacher

Albrecht Rothacher assesses the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy. He argues that, in the short-term, sanctions will have little impact – except on the peoples of Europe whose governments are imposing them. Yet, the long-term implications for the Russian economy could be more far-reaching, if not devastating

November 3, 2022

Italy’s changing international outlook under Meloni

Massimo D'Angelo

On 21 October 2022, Giorgia Meloni became the first female Italian Prime Minister. She is also the head of the most right-wing government in the history of the Republic. Massimo D’Angelo explores the implications for Italy’s foreign policy and European outlook, as well as the lure of authoritarianism in some European governments

November 1, 2022

♟️ Letting Agrabah go: why we must de-orientalise our approach to the Arab Gulf states

Dawud Ansari

De-orientalising the scholarship on the Arab Gulf states is crucial, argues Dawud Ansari. Commentaries and datasets generalise them as ‘monarchies’, erasing vital differences between these countries. New terms are a starting point for transforming research on the wider region – an urgent objective given new crises and freshened global interest

October 31, 2022

COP27 in Egypt: the archipelago of political and environmental lies

Maria Gloria Polimeno

COP27 will be held in Egypt, where environmentalism is being turned into new ways to control nature and citizens' lives under al-Sisi. This risks legitimating bio-autocracies, and it exposes the cowardice of green capitalism and sustainable neoliberalism, writes Maria Gloria Polimeno

October 31, 2022

🌊 Hindutva fascism threatens the world’s largest democracy

Amit Singh

In India, fascism is reinventing itself. It has crept through Hindu nationalism – Hindutva – and now poses a serious threat to Indian democracy, writes Amit Singh

October 28, 2022

🦋 How elections stifle democracy in Kenya

Reginald Oduor

Reginald M.J. Oduor encourages more political theorists to disentangle themselves from the idea that democracy and elections are inextricably bound. Through this he seeks to promote the pursuit of genuine citizen participation in post-colonial states in Africa and elsewhere

October 27, 2022

Complex laws are the price of inclusive democracy

Steffen Hurka

Why are laws often so hard to understand? Steffen Hurka argues that the complexity of laws increases when political conflict becomes more intense and when decision-making becomes more inclusive. Democracies aim for compromise and the balancing of interests, and complex laws are the inevitable consequence

October 27, 2022

Boom to bust: where next for Matteo Salvini’s League?

Arianna Giovannini

A right-wing coalition won the Italian general election in September, but not all the parties within it fared well. After a boom in votes in 2018–19, support for Salvini’s League has collapsed. This, argue Arianna Giovannini and Davide Vampa, is the price for selling the party’s soul

October 25, 2022

Interdisciplinary social science and the limits of quantitative research

Avery Reyna

Social scientists are increasingly using quantitative interdisciplinary research methods in the hope of obtaining more nuanced, concrete findings. However, Avery Reyna argues that without proper foresight, relying on these approaches to describe interactions between people, countries, and more complex sociopolitical systems may be harmful to the field overall

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How far-right groups survive against all the odds

Sanctions on Russia: short-term survival, long-term destitution

Italy’s changing international outlook under Meloni

♟️ Letting Agrabah go: why we must de-orientalise our approach to the Arab Gulf states

COP27 in Egypt: the archipelago of political and environmental lies

🌊 Hindutva fascism threatens the world’s largest democracy

🦋 How elections stifle democracy in Kenya

Complex laws are the price of inclusive democracy

Boom to bust: where next for Matteo Salvini’s League?

Interdisciplinary social science and the limits of quantitative research

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