Michal MalĆ½
Michal MalĆ½ and Asker Bryld StaunƦs argue that synthetic dissidents mark a new form of opposition politics. In authoritarian regimes, AI avatars and chatbots can propagate risky speech without exposing a single, identifiable speaker. This can protect journalists and activists, but it also changes how responsibility, authenticityĀ and repression workĀ Read more
Konstantin Schendzielorz
Deterrence is back ā but not as we knew it. Once a strategy of nuclear restraint, the term is now being stretched to justify aggressive military actions, at home and abroad.Ā Konstantin Schendzielorz argues that, as meanings shift, so do red lines. The nuclear umbrella may be turning into a very real sword Read more
Vasabjit Banerjee
On 3 January 2026, US military invaded Venezuela, capturing and removing president NicolĆ”s Maduro. But Vasabjit Banerjee and MarĆa Isabel Puerta Riera caution that beyond the ousting of Maduro, the TrumpĀ administration doesn'tĀ appear to have a plan for sustaining a democratic regimeĀ Read more
Ruairidh Brown
The US capture and extraction of Venezuelan leader NicolƔs Maduro on 3 January 2026 was an act without precedent. But Ruairidh Brown argues that recent events in Caracas were only the second Act in an unfolding post-exceptionalist world order Read more
Sibei Sun
The Trump administrationĀ is advancing anĀ illiberal Atlanticism that reimagines the West in mannersĀ similar toĀ how Putin imagines Eurasia.Ā Sibei SunĀ dissectsĀ the uncanny parallels between the two geopolitical doctrines and what itĀ allĀ means forĀ futureĀ transatlantic relations Read more
Tim Pires Alves
After almost twenty years of democratic decline, in 2023, liberal democracy in Latin America appeared to be regaining strength. But has it managed to sustain the trend? Tim Pires Alves assesses whether recent developments heralded a new global wave of democratisation, or whether we merely glimpsed the calm before an even harsher autocratic storm Read more
Jan Philipp Thomeczek
Jan Philipp Thomeczek argues that European left-wing populist parties become more moderate as a consequence of their participation in government. Here, he draws on recent examples from Spain, Greece and Germany. Read more
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