Rekindling the Agenda on Women, Peace and Security: can the EU lead by example?
The terrain of war and peace is not gender neutral.
Democracy and citizenship
Myanmar, a coup of the digital age
The coup d’état being perpetrated by the army in Myanmar has made use of more advanced –imported– technologies in pursuit of its opponents.
The alliance for democracy must start at home
The idea of an international Summit for Democracy takes on more urgency, although not necessarily effectiveness.
Whither conservatism?
The right is commanding politics but what kind of right is it? Is it the broadly liberal conservatism or an illiberal hard right?
US election 2020: digital foreign policy
Technology is not a top-tier issue in both Biden and Trump’s campaigns. Impacts on digital foreign policy may be significant.
QAnon: the religion of conspiracy
Who is QAnon? Is he the outcome of a malicious use of artificial intelligence trained with conspiratorial posts?
Against ‘the other’? Expanding or reducing ‘the other’ in populist mobilisation: the case of refugees
Taking 2015 as a critical juncture, this paper analyses the different trajectories of the politicisation of refugees in the European Union.
Digital rights: a necessary, yet not sufficient framework
Digital rights start to be addressed integrally. But it is essential to work on a significant weakness: the lack of own mechanisms and procedures.
Which futures for which democracies
Which is the path for democracies to assume long-term uncertainty in a scenario where a mere country-risk matrix is no longer possible?
No electoral system is perfect, but some seem fairer
Spaniards and British are equally fed up with their politicians. In both cases, part of the discontent lies with the electoral systems in each count.
Praise for the whistleblower
The fact that Donald Trump finds himself in dire straits and facing possible impeachment proceedings is due to a whistleblower.
Converging western cultural policy debates
Cultural policies tend to evolve towards a more active sphere that mixes artistic, cultural and media assets as well as their economic impact.