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📰 Many PR firms work for brutal regimes — polishing their image, attacking critics + helping dictators cling to power. 🚫 @AlexDukalskis, Christian Gläßel & Adam Scharpf ask: why does this happen, and what can democratic societies do to stop it? 👇 https://t.co/OQoNg8ymnp
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Many PR firms work for brutal regimes — polishing their image, attacking critics, and helping dictators cling to power. Alexander Dukalskis, Christian Gläßel, and Adam Scharpf ask: why does this...
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🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.124 Theories rooted in the works of #Schumpeter + #RobertDahl still dominate the study of democracy. @RyusakuY argues this series reveals the emergence of another current: scholars who engage democracy from critical perspectives. https://t.co/EzpY1a7Qnp
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Institutional theories rooted in the works of Joseph Schumpeter and Robert Dahl still dominate the study of democracy. But, argues Ryusaku Yamada, this Science of Democracy 2.0 discussion reveals...
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☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.26 💻 Technology isn't a cure-all. But it can help reduce the risk of #NuclearWeapons crises. 🔍 @jamiewithorne shows how increasingly accessible info can harness transparency + 'fact check' credibility of nuclear threats.👇 https://t.co/ZtUBX2GHUk
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Technology is not a cure-all. But it can help reduce the risk of nuclear weapons crises. Jamie Withorne shows how increasingly accessible information can harness transparency and 'fact check' the...
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🏥 The promise of revolutionary advances in #healthcare is now a mainstay of the EU’s #AIstrategy. 🤖 Jason Tucker explores how the outcomes of the EU’s instrumentalisation of healthcare in the AI race doesn't look good for #EU political legitimacy. 👇 https://t.co/LDOGK8XCrk
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The promise of revolutionary advances in healthcare is not a mainstay of the EU’s artificial intelligence policies. Jason Tucker explores how the outcomes of the EU’s instrumentalisation of healthc...
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🔀 Intersectionality is already shaping Europe's fight against gender-based violence in higher education. 📝 Using evidence from the #UniSAFE project + new #EUpolicy frameworks, L Mergaert & @marcela_linkova reveal the impact of intersectional initiatives. https://t.co/BXGU9GMEbi
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Intersectionality is already shaping Europe’s fight against gender-based violence in research and higher education. Using evidence from UniSAFE, new EU policy frameworks, and the next generation of...
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📆 Every September, world leaders gather at the UN high-level meetings to confront the most pressing #GlobalHealth crises. 😷 In 2024, the spotlight fell on #AntimicrobialResistance. But, asks Frank Tu Ngo, will the 2024 meeting lead to real change? 👇 https://t.co/YLidNyszem
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Every September, world leaders gather at the UN high-level meetings to confront the most pressing global health crises. In 2024, the spotlight fell on antimicrobial resistance – a silent pandemic...
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🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.123 We need to break democracy out of the disciplinary boundaries of political studies. Reimagining it using a multidisciplinary approach, argues M Banerjee, could be the antidote to the global democratic anxiety we are facing. 👇 https://t.co/NmQkREyx0d
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We need to break democracy out of the disciplinary boundaries of political studies. A fresh, multidisciplinary approach to reimagining democracy, argues Mouli Banerjee, could be the antidote to the...
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🧵 Penelope, in Homer’s #Odyssey, who spent 20 years weaving + unweaving a shroud to delay remarriage, has come to symbolise fidelity & endurance. S Fraiese argues her story reveals characteristics now central to diplomacy in an age of uncertainty. 👇 https://t.co/ZzZHj5dC3z
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Penelope, wife of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey, who spent twenty years weaving and unweaving a shroud to delay remarriage and preserve her household, has come to symbolise fidelity, cunning, and...
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☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.25 🌏 @TheSabaShahh argues that the #NuclearSuppliersGroup needs clear rules for admitting countries outside the #NPT, and to ensure that climate-vulnerable developing states gain fair access to civilian #NuclearEnergy. 👇 https://t.co/GfT7TLA9pR
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The Nuclear Suppliers Group faces new tests from great-power rivalry, climate change, and the spread of nuclear technology. Syeda Saba Batool argues the Group needs clear rules for admitting countr...
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📈 After almost 20 years of democratic decline, in 2023, liberal democracy in #LatinAmerica appeared to be regaining strength. But, Tim Pires Alves asks, has it managed to sustain the trend? 🌩️ Or was 2023 the calm before an even harsher autocratic storm? https://t.co/jEPgzDGK4U
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After almost twenty years of democratic decline, in 2023, liberal democracy in Latin America appeared to be regaining strength. But has it managed to sustain the trend? Tim Pires Alves assesses...
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🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.122 💭 In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy. 👇 https://t.co/5atZwkiA3d
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In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy
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💻#HybridWarfare is no longer speculative. @DaphnaCanetti, @ggalldor & @tal_mimran argue the Iran-Israel clash marks a strategic turning point — where democracies must defend minds as fiercely as borders.👇 https://t.co/J6oyNU085K
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With missiles in the sky and malware in the wires, hybrid warfare is no longer speculative. Daphna Canetti, Gal Dor, and Tal Mimran argue the Iran-Israel clash marks a strategic turning point — where...
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🇨🇲 #PaulBiya, the world’s oldest head of state + the 2nd longest ruling leader in Africa, ran for a record 8th term earlier this month. 🌍 @johnchinphd & Julien Derroitte assess #Cameroon’s prospects for peace + democracy in Africa’s turbulent coup belt.👇 https://t.co/Xg2isnzoCD
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Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state and the second-longest ruling leader in Africa, ran for a record eighth term earlier this month. John Chin and Julien Derroitte assess Cameroon’s prospects...
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🔓 #OAWeek Spotlight 🔄 ECPR is committed to sharing knowledge freely and widely 👇 Discover ✨ most accessed ✨ #OA articles in 2024 from our journals & blog https://t.co/8I5x5OWtQ4 📚 @EJPRjournal @EPSRjournal @PRXjournal @EPSJournal @EuroJournIR @ECPR_TheLoop
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🌍L Sudbrack & @DrJamesFDownes describe how growing income inequality across Europe impacts support for far-right parties. 📈 Using @JournalCES research, they find when the poorest citizens lose a significant share of national income, far-right votes rise. https://t.co/rDKokLvAuR
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Lucas Sudbrack and James F. Downes describe how growing income inequality across Europe has strengthened support for far-right parties. Using decades of national and individual-level data, they find...
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🎭 #DemocraticTransformations No.20 🌎 @turkanfirinci argues that by embodying #HannahArendt’s ideas of freedom and action, 🪧 youth #ClimateActivists are transforming utopias from rigid blueprints into living practices of collective possibility. 👇 https://t.co/8KxP9xS1rx
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Despite widespread political inertia in responding to the climate crisis, youth climate activists are reshaping politics. Turkan Firinci Orman argues that by embodying Hannah Arendt’s ideas of...
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🆕 #Portugal 2024 #PoliticalData 🇵🇹 José M. Magone reports on a year that saw nationwide commemorations to mark 50 years since the #CarnationRevolution, multiple elections + the formation of a new minority government led by PM #LuisMontenegro. 👉 https://t.co/GMe76hEY9t
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🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.121 🔃 Do we need a paradigm shift in democracy research? ↔️ Simon Bein broadens the current western-led perspective on researching democracies and asks: who says what and where democracy is? 👇 https://t.co/XcEiLVEwSB
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Do we need a paradigm shift in democracy research? Simon Bein broadens the current western-led perspective on searching for, and researching, democracies. Nevertheless, he warns, theorists should...
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In this article I suggested some ambitious yet feasible steps African States among other NNWS can pursue to press for irreversible nuclear disarmament. Also reflected on the current state of international law vis-à-vis the quest to achieve and maintain disarmament
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.24 The 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the #NPT gives African states an opportunity to turn disarmament pledges into action. @KudaMapako says they must take advantage of unity to press for irreversible disarmament. 👇 https://t.co/EpQVStroQr
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🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.30 War in #Ukraine has transformed how often #EUleaders talk about enlargement, but not how they frame it. 🇪🇺 Using @JEPPjournal research, N Scicluna shows that enlargement remains cast as a conditional, merit-based process. 👇
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed how often EU leaders talk about enlargement, but not how they frame it. Nicole Scicluna shows that despite geopolitical urgency and family rhetoric,...
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