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Political polarisation

A voter steps out of a booth draped in Romania’s red, yellow, and blue during the first round of the 2025 presidential election, with a ballot box marked 'Alegerea Președintelui României 2025' in view. Romania
Democracy and citizenship

Fault lines in the East: Romania’s political transformation and Europe’s future

By Antonia Colibășanu // Posted on 08 May 2025
Session Hall of the Parliament of Catalonia, Barcelona. Catalonia
Inside Spain

Catalonia returns to a semblance of normality

By William Chislett // Posted on 17 Sep 2024
Prime Minister of the UK answers questions at a session at the House of Commons, May 1, 2024.
Democracy and citizenship

Time for the UK to adopt Spain’s electoral system?

By William Chislett // Posted on 09 Jul 2024
Pedro Sánchez receives the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo (10/10/2022).
Influence and image of Spain

In search of a government

By William Chislett // Posted on 19 Sep 2023
Spanish Congress of Deputies, Madrid.
Influence and image of Spain

What May’s local and regional elections tell us about politics in Spain ahead of July’s snap general election

By William Chislett // Posted on 20 Jun 2023
Twitter app logo on a white iPad on red textile
Technology and economics

Will Trump return to Twitter? Who should exercise censorship?

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 31 May 2022
Whither conservatism? The Independence March in Warsaw (Poland) in 2019. Photo: Dawid Małecki (@djmalecki). Elcan Blog
Democracy and citizenship

Whither conservatism?

By William Chislett // Posted on 03 Nov 2020
Man wearing a QAnon T-Shirt. Photo:Marc Nozell, New Hampshire, USA (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship

QAnon: the religion of conspiracy

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 29 Sep 2020
President Donald J. Trump on his arrival to Tulsa Oklahoma) on 20 June. Photo: Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour (Public domain). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

Trump and ‘his’ working class

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 23 Jun 2020
Which futures for which democracies. Photo: mauro mora (@mauromora). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship

Which futures for which democracies

By Raquel Jorge Ricart // Posted on 27 Jan 2020
Hamilton, the musical. Photo: Travis Wise (CC BY 2.0). Elcan Blog
Global Spectator

Hamilton: from impeachment to Broadway and back

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 10 Dec 2019
Trump thrives on polarisation. Portland Impeachment March in 2017. Photo: MB298 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Global Spectator

Trump thrives on polarisation

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 01 Oct 2019
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