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Analyses

For decades, Latin America’s authoritarian regimes were seen as a right-wing phenomenon, with Cuba as the lone exception — a dictatorship born not from a betrayal of democracy, but of revolution. As Washington’s embargo returns to the headlines, this piece asks what that framing has long obscured: that Cuba has never had just one embargo, but two.

International Affairs
Slovakia’s Critical Crossroads: Elections, Populism, and Geopolitical Shifts
Fabio Turco 24 September 2023

All eyes may be on the October 15 elections in Poland, but the September 30 elections in Slovakia are no less important for the region. Despite its small size, over the past year and a half Slovakia has gained relevance due to its committed support to Ukraine in its war against Russia. At the same time, the country has spent years seeking internal harmony and governability in the face of great political instability. It has been subjected to the impetuous winds of populism, and these might finally bring about a radical alteration in its geopolitical course.
Philosophy
Kenneth White’s Geopoetics: Rethinking Being, Earth, and Politics
Mohammed Hashas 22 September 2023
Migrations
How Ukraine Accession to the EU would Benefit Refugees
Samantha Libraty 15 September 2023

Without the necessary investments in refugees, the EU will have a long-term aid problem, especially by hosting with no future working opportunities
International Affairs
Tunisia’s Authoritarian Regime in a Game of Political Brinkmanship
Ruth Hanau Santini 11 September 2023

Few commentators make predictions these days about Tunisia, with the exception of its financial resilience deemed to be now overstretched and foreign reserves hardly covering the country’s needs in the autumn. Whether Kais Saied will be able to pull a last minute trick out of the autocratic hat, or whether Tunisia will face a default and financial and social collapse is anyone’s guess.
Gender, Religion
In Manipur Violence Continues Unabated
Fostered by the Hindu Far-right
Maria Tavernini 26 August 2023
International Affairs
A Conversation with Mustafa Akyol
on the Dark Fate of Freedom in Muslim Countries
Giancarlo Bosetti , Alessandra Tommasi 1 August 2023
Philosophy
A Tribute to Shabbir Akhtar, Theologian of Islam
Mohammed Hashas 27 July 2023
International Affairs
Decline of Freedom, Collapse of Politics:
End of Parties throughout the MENA
Claudia De Martino 19 July 2023

Democracy is not doing well in the MENA region and political parties are the main casualties, surviving through life-support mechanisms but failing to make inroads in their respective national political contexts.
International Affairs
The Russian Factor in China’s Imperative of Stability
Seán Golden 10 July 2023

China’s foreign policy faces complexity due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It seeks access to resources and markets for its development and aims to challenge the dominance of the US, EU, and NATO. China cannot support Russia nor back NATO’s leadership. It seeks stability through diplomacy and maintains strict political control. However, Putin’s invasion and NATO’s response create strategic headaches for China, affecting its carefully promoted multipolar world order. China’s stability seems more secure than Russia’s, but uncertainties remain amid the changing global landscape.
Society
The Myth of a US Colorblind Constitution
Hussein Ibish 6 July 2023

The US Supreme Court has issued another shocking but unsurprising ruling that arbitrarily dispenses with precedents and upends long-settled law at the expense of the historically disempowered: now African American and Latino students will be deprived of “affirmative action” programmes considering race in university admissions. However, the assumption there was a shared originary understanding of the Constitution is false since the Constitution has been aggressively colour-conscious throughout its history, mainly at the expense of minority groups