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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
Who Can Beat Vladimir Putin?
Giovanna De Maio 13 October 2019

As the fall season starts to kick in in Russia, the streets of Moscow and other major cities are still heated up by activists and demonstrators that over the past couple of months have been contesting the power of President Vladimir Putin.
International Affairs, Political Theory
A Heartfelt Call to Save Tunisia’s Democracy
Yadh Ben Achour 11 October 2019

In advance of the crucial second round of Presidential elections, the former president of Tunisia’s Higher Political Reform Commission Yadh Ben Achour delivered a fervent appeal to save democracy, in Tunisia and elsewhere from its own malaise: by adjusting its structural weaknesses and distortions and, most importantly, by eradicating the scourge of poverty and popular frustration. Here’s the full trasncript of his keynote speech pronounced last September 20th at the ResetDOC / CAREP international conference in Tunis.
Philosophy, Religion
A Multiple Belonging: Recovering Gandhi’s Religious Vision
Rajeer Bhargava 4 October 2019

Gandhi’s religious vision encouraged multiple attachments, multiple belongings, and multiple religious identities. Is it not time that we challenge the idea of religion as an exclusive monolith.
International Affairs
«Growth and migration, time for a true Euro-African alliance». An interview with EU’s Stefano Manservisi
Simone Disegni 2 October 2019

Managing migration flows, strengthening democracy, fostering a long-term Euro-African pact for growth and investments. Outgoing European Commission’s director general for International Cooperation Stefano Manservisi leaves his vision for the future of Europe’s geopolitics.
International Affairs, Society
Challenging The Status Quo: Algeria on the Move, Morocco on the Fence
Giulia Cimini 27 September 2019

Two years ago, new and significant socio-economic and identity protests broke out in the northern Moroccan Rif region. Now, Algerian protests have thrust this crisis into the spotlight once again, as well as the other forgotten “trouble spots” that dot the Kingdom and continue to be periodically activated. A symptom of a widespread and simmering popular discontent, these protests are a sounding board for persistent and deep social and regional inequalities.
International Affairs
Where has Israel’s Social Justice Movement gone?
Yonatan Levi 16 September 2019

As the Israeli left looks to be heading towards yet another disastrous election, former 2011 Tent Protest leader Yonatan Levi reflects on the heritage of that historic mobilization: where has all that energy, and political demands, gone?
International Affairs
A Thousand Unknowns of the Tunisian Vote
Federica Zoja 13 September 2019

Political fragmentation, socio-economic despair and the return of foreign fighters: who will prevail in Tunisia’s unique “double election”?
International Affairs
Moldova: A Divided Nation
Andrea Walton 9 September 2019

On the edge of the most prosperous part of Europe, the Republic of Moldova is nonetheless one of the poorest countries of the Old Continent. Crushed between Romania and Ukraine, the country is experiencing a severe and ongoing political, economic and social crisis.
Society, Sociology
Ghosts from the Past: Neo-Nazi Terrorism Resurfaces in Germany
Lorenzo Monfregola 2 September 2019

As it enters a highly uncertain post-Merkel era, Germany needs to face a questions that shakes its very democratic foundations: far right extremism and political violence.
International Affairs
Kashmir Simmers Under India’s Siege
Maria Tavernini 28 August 2019

Kashmir has been buried under a thick silence. Local newspapers’ websites were last updated on August 4th while reporters had to transport their articles and photos out of the state on USBs, and many got their footages deleted. The government claims everything is under control and going back to “normal”, while pharmacies are running out of medicines due to the curfew and ban on movements.