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A Lesson of Pluralism from Empires Against Putin’s Nationalism
Giancarlo Bosetti 18 May 2023

Empires are generally pluralistic, multicultural, while the nation-states that follow generally desire uniformity, and are often more intolerant and tend to suppress or even dismiss differences. This is Pieter Judson’s thesis, analysed in our article.
International Affairs
Saudi Arabia Plays East Against West While Smothering Dissent
Federica Zoja 11 November 2022

Mohammed Bin Salman is deftly playing a chess game aimed at positioning the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a foreign policy leader both regionally and internationally, exploiting each of the great powers’ primary weaknesses (and desires): energy prices in the US, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and China’s desperation to assert its regional dominance. His sudden rise to the head of the desert kingdom was consolidated recently with his appointment as Prime Minister and heir apparent to his aging father, securing his untouchability and immunity when it comes to human rights violations, putting partners like the United States in the particular quandry of not being able to use their traditional soft power levers and leaving evermore domestic dissidents at risk.
International Affairs
Quo Vadis? India’s New-Found International Standing
Maria Tavernini 4 October 2022

Despite its size and demographic weight, India has never managed to become the geopolitical giant it hoped to be in recent decades. It’s fast-paced economic and demographic growth however will soon permit it to surpass it’s historical colonizer making it the subject of courtship in a newly repolarized world.
Religion
Holy War: The Centuries-Old Battle for Ukraine’s Soul
Rebecca Batley 8 September 2022
Human Rights, Migrations
Race to the Past. Orbán’s Supremacist Speech Shakes the EU
Fabio Turco 29 July 2022

Hungarian Prime Minister inflames European politics, again, with his latest illiberal manifesto. But how strong is he, really?
International Affairs
Trapped in History: The Kaliningrad Case
Fabio Turco 28 June 2022

A new crisis front is shaking Europe and threatens to definitively spark a conflict between Russia and Western countries. While in Ukraine the Russian army reports that is has conquered Severodonetsk and there is a resurgence of missile attacks on Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, and most lately Kremenchuk, the tug-of-war currently taking place between Lithuania and the Russian Federation risks unpredictable consequences.
Political Theory
What is Left of the West’s Fairytale. Reflections on War
Andrea Graziosi 1 June 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks the beginning of a new geopolitical era. Time to come to terms with it – writes historian Andrea Graziosi
International Affairs
Energy Remix. Late Visegrád Allies’ Hard Path to Independence
Lorenzo Berardi 6 May 2022

Once close allies, Hungary, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia are now taking different sides towards Russia. Yet in energy terms, they face the same challenge.
Philosophy
War and Indignation. The West’s Red Line Dilemma
Jürgen Habermas 6 May 2022

World-renowned philosopher Jürgen Habermas reflects on the West’s dilemma in framing its political and military response to Putin’s war on Ukraine
Political Theory
Democracy, War and the Inherent Threat of Personalistic
Authoritarianism. A Conversation with Daniel Ziblatt
Simone Disegni , Jonathan Laurence 8 April 2022

Yes, liberal democracies do need to build up a cohesive alliance to counter the threats – militarily and in the war of ideas – that are posed by aggressive authoritarianism, but without falling into two dangerous pitfalls – the author of How Democracies Die warns: to inadvertently bring all illiberal regimes into a united geopolitical front, and to think that the threat of personalistic despotism is just somewhere “out there”, and not also within the fragile corps of Western democracies themselves.