Why Italy should have a popularly-elected head of state
Italy held an election between 24th and 29th January 2022 in which only elected representatives, and not ordinary citizens, had a say....
How nationalism undermines EU enlargement and values: the Macedonia-Bulgaria controversy
On the 8th of December 2020, Bulgaria refused to accept the negotiating framework for the start of accession talks with North Macedonia...
Black Lives Matter in Europe: Making a Point of Missing the Point
By Valentin Luntumbue In June of this year, a series of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and demonstrations took place all around...
A summer of revolutions
Probably, this vacation season was different than the ones before. Nowadays the bright side and the flipside of the global digital...
Cycling adventures in the era of Covid-19
Last week one of the most fascinating journeys in my life came to a close. After twenty days of sitting on my bicycle saddle I finally...
Why atheism scares them
“This is nothing, cried she; I was only going to say that heaven did not seem to be my home.” Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, 1847 The...
Hong Kong, China, and the dangers of Civic Inaction
Protesters in the Hong Kong parliament (source: Volkskrant/AFP, https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/demonstranten-laten-vernieli...
El-Sisi accompanies Egypt into the post-constitutional era
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Source: thepolitic.org On April 20th, Egyptians woke up to a surprise: it was referendum day!...
The Conte administration in Italy: a national populist ‘government of change’ or business as usual?
From left to right: Luigi Di Maio, Giuseppe Conte, Matteo Salvini (Source: https://www.tpi.it/2019/01/18/governo-decreto-quota-100-reddit...
Why Donald Tusk was right to call for unity in Ukraine
Photo source: https://www.unian.info/politics/10449267-ec-president-tusk-to-visit-ukraine-on-fifth-anniversary-of-revolution-of-dignity.h...
