2+ hour, 51+ min ago  (479+ words) Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, dominates headlines as the face of the party's populism. However, Tutku Zengin's analysis of 1, 108 statements from all five Reform UK parliamentarians elected in the 2024 general election reveals that Farage is not the most…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1006+ words) Dana Sofi argues that public participation in Iraqi Kurdistan has expanded in form but remained limited in influence. His research shows that new civic forums increased visibility, access and local trust, yet failed to make political institutions more responsive or…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (726+ words) What do battles over gender equality reveal about the state of multilateral democracy? Drawing on her participation at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women in New York, Serena Fiorlettashows how contested rights and shifting rules in negotiations around…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (478+ words) Our research'analysed'V-Dem's Academic Freedom Index'(AFI)'across 60 countries, from 1900 to 2020, to track year-on-year changes during populist rule. We found that populist leaders slash overall AFI scores by 0. 012 to 0. 013 points annually." Every AFI dimensiondeteriorates: freedom to research and teach drops by…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (811+ words) In a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, apple-sized metallic lumps on the seabed are gaining international attention. Thiago Thierryexamines how these lumps could reshape our approach to energy transition, and how the legal framework for deep-sea mining may be…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (971+ words) When the US repeatedly bluffs and backs down, it no longer looks like strategy and starts to look like a pattern. Fubu'Ngubuargues that Europe has begun to recognise this pattern of retreat, and is adjusting accordingly The record under Trump…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (801+ words) Maike Bernhard-Rump argues that citizens" trust in elections is shaped less by actual risks than by how they imagine them. Drawing on evidence from Germany and Austria, she shows why perceptions of voting security " not digital threats " play a decisive…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (586+ words) For decades, European democracies have celebrated rising gender equality in parliaments, cabinets, and party leadership. These gains matter. But if we look only at elite politics, argue Catherine Bolzendahl and Hilde Coff, we miss a quieter, equally consequential story: how…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (414+ words) Maya'Ikene'argues that the Iran war is'not just'disrupting gas markets, but redrawing Europe's energy alliances. As Italy and Spain both rushed to buy Algerian gas, the scramble reveals an uncomfortable truth: the green transition is underway, but not fast enough to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (514+ words) As security tensions rise in the Gulf, Kuwait's Al-Arfaj flower has emerged as a symbol of resistance, unity, and resilience. Eiman Alabdulghani explains how the bloom has quickly become a focal point of public sentiment, galvanising citizens and residents in…...