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Society

Seventy years ago, Europe managed miraculously to turn the destruction of World War II into the foundation of its peace project. It succeeded at turning the antiestablishment anger of 1968 into political progress. It succeeded in less than two decades at uniting a Europe divided by 50 years of Cold War. If Europe has managed to turn so many failures into success, one can certainly hope that it will achieve the same miracle again today.

Society
India: A new vulnerability
Mujibur Rehman 26 June 2018

Post-2014, cow vigilante groups have emerged as the most prominent non-state actors in India in terms of their capacity to unleash violence. They strike at will even in regions not governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
International Affairs, Society
Drought worse than sanctions
8 June 2018

“A drought is much more effective than sanctions” says Dr. Kaveh Madani, former deputy head of Iran’s environmental department and researcher at London Imperial College.
Political Theory, Society
Assessing the Politics of Fear and Power
in Contemporary Russia
Branislav Radeljić 11 January 2018

The number of arguments and explanations dealing with post-Soviet Russia is continuously increasing. Scholars, journalists and policy-makers are all obsessed with its trajectory and, even more specifically, the role of Vladimir Putin.
International Affairs, Society
Mass protests in Iran: it’s about 40 years of domestic failure
Ramin Jahanbegloo 2 January 2018

Recent spontaneous demonstrations in Iran have startled most observers around the world. A social unrest which started because of worsening economic circumstances and the failure of the government to keep its economic promises and contain inflation and price rises and issues of that nature has now turned into a general political dissent around the country.
Religion, Society
The Rise of Communal Violence and the Reemergence of Radical Islamism During Political Transition
Muhammad Najib Azca 14 December 2017

Indonesia has witnessed the mushrooming of communal violence during the early stages of its transition towards electoral democracy after the fall of Suharto’s authoritarian regime in 1998.
Society
Tunisia’s fledgling democracy is evolving in inspiring ways
Hussein Ibish 5 December 2017

In a coalition government, Ennahda is demonstrating what acceptable religious conservatism might look like
Society
Russian Art Under Illiberal Regime
Sergei A. Medvedev 26 October 2017

This is the text of a lecture which will be delivered by prof. Sergei A. Mevdev (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) at the Conference Dimensions and Challenges of Russian Liberalism on Friday, Oct. 27.
Society
Khalid Chaouki is the New President of the Great Mosque of Rome
20 October 2017

Khalid Chaouki has been announced as President of the Grande Moschea of Rome, the largest mosque in Italy and outside of the Arab world.
Society
Philippines: Marawi siege ended but discriminations against Moro people continue
Matteo Miavaldi 18 October 2017

On May 23, 2017, hundreds of Isis-inspired terrorists swiftly gained control of Marawi City in Mindanao, the Philippines’ southernmost archipelago. The terrorist offensive came in response to the attempted arrest of Isnilon Hapilon, leader of the Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, on behalf of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).