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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 8h
💊 #RescuingDemocracy 17 🗳️ #AndyBurnham has announced a Commission on #ElectoralReform, and he is right to do so. 📊 Democracy's defenders must guard institutional gains and address the grievances on which the far-right feeds. A Commission, says @gulayicoz.bsky.social, honours both. ⤵️ bit.ly/4hEs4WJ
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💊 Why we need a National Commission on UK electoral reform
Westminster's voting system is failing, and 193 MPs have demanded change. But democracy's defenders must guard institutional gains and address the grievances on which the far-right feeds. A National C...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 11h
🛢️Argentina has tightened oil development in the #Malvinas #Falklands and upped its defence budget. 👛 @nicosalvoni.bsky.social says this may hurt firms with mainland interests, but more money must translate into military capability for Argentina to sustain stronger regional presence ⤵️ bit.ly/4hVmOz2
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Javier Milei and the limits of pressure over the Malvinas/Falklands
Argentina has tightened controls on oil development around the Malvinas/Falklands and announced more defence funding. Nicolás E. Salvoni examines what the
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POP @populismblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you so much for the wonderful decade of posts on populism 🙏 POP - Political Observatory on Populism - closes down 📢 That's all folks... POP is dead, long live POP 🤟 Read here the last post 🤓 populismobserver.com/2026/09/28/t...
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The End
After a decade of honourable service, it is time to retire POP. A blog on populism that I started as a PhD student back in 2015 and to which I have dedicated countless hours until 2025. Meanwhile, …
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🪧Mohsen Askari compares #Iran’s 1979 revolution with the 2026 uprising to reveal a paradox about digital communication. 🛜 Modern tech swiftly mobilises collective action, but authoritarian states with control over internet infrastructure can still interfere with collective knowledge 👉 bit.ly/3Vh7jIZ
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Digital protest can spread quickly, yet still be easy to stop
Mohsen Askari compares Iran’s 1979 revolution with the 2026 uprising to reveal a paradox about digital communication technology. Though modern tech may swiftly mobilise collective action, authoritaria...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🌕 Akash Shah analyses the necessity of #HALO for #NATO’s integration of #SpaceArchitecture. 🚀 Here, the author suggests that President Trump’s push for European self-reliance, data sovereignty and technical challenges could all explain the US absence from this initiative 👇 👩‍🚀 bit.ly/4rt7yN4
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America's absence from NATO’s latest space initiative, HALO
Akash Shah analyses the necessity of HALO for NATO’s integration of space architecture. Here, he suggests that President Trump’s push for European self-reliance, data sovereignty and technical challen...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🌐 The #RulesBasedInternationalOrder is not simply breaking down. 🌎 Instead, governments are increasingly creating exceptions that allow them to modify or selectively apply those rules while leaving the wider institutional architecture intact, argues @ilankapoor.bsky.social 📖 bit.ly/4xLz0qT
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When the exception becomes the rule in world politics
The rules-based international order is not simply breaking down. Governments are increasingly governing through exceptions built into the rules themselves, argues Ilan Kapoor
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
👨‍🏭 Britain’s #DisabilityBenefit debate is commonly framed as a choice between containing spending and protecting claimants. 👩‍💻 Pierce Leslie argues for distinguishing income protection from #EmploymentSupport, to make it safer for people with partial or fluctuating capacity to work 🧑‍🦽 bit.ly/4rtyXOS
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Disability, work and the limits of benefit reform in Britain
Britain’s disability-benefit debate is commonly framed as a choice between containing spending and protecting claimants. Pierce Leslie argues that a better settlement would instead distinguish income ...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
😆 Humour is effective as a line of attack against authoritarian post-truthers like Trump. 👀 @lassethomassen.bsky.social suggests that humour – used well – can help make us see new truths to which we were otherwise blind. 👉 buff.ly/smUfCPn
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Making fun of Trump (and creating a better world too)
Humour is effective as a line of attack against authoritarian post-truthers like Trump. And like post-truth, humour is about feelings and the effect on your audience. But Lasse Thomassen suggests that...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.52 👩‍⚖️ A recent ruling in the case of a Slovak journalist who suffered years of online abuse is a stark reminder of widespread gendered violence against women in public life. ⚠️ This form of violence puts democracies at risk, argues @michalkojanv.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/vBau64T
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🌈 Online violence against women in public life threatens democracy
A recent ruling in the case of a Slovak journalist who suffered years of online abuse is a stark reminder of widespread gendered violence against women in public life. Ján Michalko argues that this fo...
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨Deadline: Call for editors of The Loop 🚨 @ecprtheloop.bsky.social seeks Academic Editors or an editorial team from 1 Oct Are you familiar with: ✔️ What makes a successful blog post? ✔️ The Loop's editorial process? ✔️ the role of blogs in promoting #polsci to a wider readership? 👇️ Apply today!
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🏖️ The Loop is taking a short holiday, and won't be answering emails or publishing blog pieces until Friday 25 September 2026. Thanks for your patience!
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📺️ #Mexico has adopted rules requiring broadcasters to flag programmes that mix news and opinion. 👀 @julesbarajas.bsky.social argues that these labels should be judged by whether the people they are meant to help notice and understand them. 👉 buff.ly/HMZAQxv
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Mexico's media labels need an audience test
Mexico has adopted rules requiring broadcasters to flag programmes that mix news and opinion. Julio Alberto Barajas Servin argues that these labels should be judged by whether the people they are mean...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🗳️ In the run-up to #Sweden's election, far-right parties treated the hijab as proof that migrants neither belong nor can be assimilated. ❓️ Azher Qamar asks: does equality demand sameness? Or does it protect participation despite cultural differences? #InternationalDayOfDemocracy 👉 buff.ly/ac6qhGC
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Migration, belonging and the politics of cultural visibility
In the run-up to Sweden's 2026 election, far-right parties treated the hijab as proof that migrants neither belong nor can be assimilated. Azher Hameed Qamar argues that this debate reveals a democrat...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🌊 #IlliberalWave No.49 📱 @haktanural.bsky.social draws on social media posts from #Türkiye's anti-alimony campaigns to show how a currency crash and years of economic insecurity has fuelled rage against #GenderEquality. 👉 buff.ly/JOw1bxv
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🌊 How social media turned economic pain into a war on feminism
Haktan Ural draws on social media posts from Türkiye's anti-alimony campaigns to show how a currency crash and years of economic insecurity fuelled rage against gender equality. When progressive polit...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🔁 #Pakistan has emerged as an important diplomatic channel between Iran + the US. ⚖️ Saima Afzal explains why #Islamabad’s relationships with #Iran, Washington and the #Gulf often seen as a difficult balancing act have instead become a source of diplomatic leverage. 👉️ buff.ly/jhLlu7w
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Why Pakistan is well placed to mediate between Iran and the US
Pakistan has emerged as an important diplomatic channel between Iran and the United States. Saima Afzal explains why Islamabad’s relationships with Iran, Washington and the Gulf often seen as a diffic...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
💭 25 years after #9/11, Islamist #Terrorism still shapes public opinion. 📘 Based on @ejprjournal.bsky.social research, @ameliegodefroidt.bsky.social, Micha Germann & Fernando Mendez ask: is the public really less responsive to it? 👉️ buff.ly/VTT4bO6
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, Islamist terrorism still shapes public opinion
A quarter-century after 9/11, Islamist terrorism no longer dominates headlines. But has the public really become less responsive to it? Many politicians, journalists, and scholars think so. But resear...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
✍️ Do you have a flair for communicating #PolSci research beyond academia? 👀 We're seeking experienced political scientists as Academic Editors – individually or as an editorial team – to join The Loop from 1 Oct 2026. 📆 New deadline: Thu 17 Sep. 💻️ Find out how to apply: buff.ly/9aJEM6Y
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Ilker Kalin @ilkerkalin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Targeting “foreign-funded” NGOs does little to make restrictions more acceptable, according my survey experiments in Slovakia, Hungary & Türkiye. But repression may still gain political cover when people see it as someone else’s problem, or when it arrives looking like ordinary paperwork.
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🗳️ Eytan Ellenberg uses Israel’s fragmented party system to ask 4 questions often collapsed into one: 🏛️ can a new party enter parliament ↔️ enlarge its political bloc 📈 improve its chances of governing 📊 + reconfigure the alliances through which a majority becomes possible? 👉 buff.ly/fEnBUmf
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Why winning seats may not make a new party politically decisive
Eytan Ellenberg uses Israel’s fragmented party system to ask four questions often collapsed into one: can a new party enter parliament, enlarge its political bloc, improve its chances of governing, an...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📝 Last year, #Slovakia overturned controversial new reporting + disclosure requirements for #NGOs. 📊 Drawing on survey experiments in Slovakia, Hungary + Türkiye, @ilkerkalin.bsky.social shows that targeting 'foreign-funded' organisations does little to legitimise restrictions. 👉 buff.ly/AhAT16c
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When civil society repression looks like ordinary administration
Last year, Slovakia overturned controversial new reporting and disclosure requirements for non-governmental organisations. The country's subsequent turn to administrative scrutiny illustrates a broade...
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📣 Call for new editors of The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social is seeking Academic Editors or an editorial team for its blog site from 1 Oct 💡 Build on the work of founding Loop editors @johannesaltnes.bsky.social & Martin Bull, who developed it into a thriving outlet for innovative #polsci writing
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.43 🗳️ Icelanders have voted against reopening accession talks with the #EU. 🌍️ But @vanghel.bsky.social & @erik-jones.bsky.social claim that the result changes nothing about how deeply Iceland already participates in the European project. 👉 buff.ly/HPEuASf
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🧭 The Iceland EU referendum vote changes nothing
Icelanders have voted against reopening accession talks with the European Union. Veronica Anghel and Erik Jones claim that the result prevents Iceland from seeking a formal decision-making role for no...
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Alia Qaim Bukhari @aliaqaim.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What interested me here is not only the land dispute itself, but the different kinds of evidence behind it. I think of these as competing archives of legitimacy, linked to layered continuity and layered verification.
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
✍️ Do you have a flair for communicating #PolSci research beyond academia? 🙌 Fancy joining The Loop team? ⬇️ Find out how to apply: buff.ly/9aJEM6Y 📆 New deadline: Thu 17 Sep
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🔒️ Resisting Illiberalism: #OpenAccess Collection 🎙️ Complementing #ecprgc26 roundtable moderated by @epsjournal.bsky.social Featuring research from @ejprjournal.bsky.social @epsrjournal.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social @ejir.bsky.social & @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
⛰️ @aliaqaim.bsky.social argues that #Pakistan's merger of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas didn't replace older land authority. 🗣️ Legal procedures +oral histories have accumulated, leaving the state to decide which evidence should count when competing claims collide. 👉 buff.ly/AO16xfE
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Pakistan merged its tribal areas but never settled the land
Alia Qaim Bukhari argues that Pakistan's merger of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas did not replace older land authority. Legal procedures, customary shares, oral histories and British records ...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🌏️ Syeda Saba Batool argues that a new defence agreement between #Pakistan, #Türkiye + #SaudiArabia could diversify regional security options. 🚫 It may also strengthen collective deterrence + reshape the security architecture of West + #SouthAsia. #MakkaPact 👉 buff.ly/61FYqXf
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A new layer of deterrence: the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement
Syeda Saba Batool argues that a new defence agreement between Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia could diversify regional security options. It may also strengthen collective deterrence, and reshape th...
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Søren Torbjørn Svendsen @sorentsvendsen.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026
"Archaeology often appears to stand outside everyday politics. ... Yet archaeological findings rarely remain neutral once they enter public debate. This is especially true in regions shaped by contested borders, competing national projects and unresolved struggles over recognition." Læseværdig 👇
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📈 Recent wars in Ukraine + Iran have raised the #SouthCaucasus's strategic value to the #EU. 🌍️ Murad Gafarov argues Brussels should move beyond engaging #Armenia, #Azerbaijan + #Georgia case by case, building a permanent strategy around the region's shared interdependence instead. 👉 buff.ly/SN2P5FO
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Turning the EU's South Caucasus moment into a permanent strategy
Recent wars in Ukraine and Iran have raised the South Caucasus's strategic value to the EU. Murad Gafarov argues Brussels should move beyond engaging Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia case by case, bui...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I found this post on the shift of liberal democracy from a contested to a defensive concept very timely and well argued! (Thanks for sharing @sldelange.bsky.social)
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
💥 Political Violence and Radicalism: #OpenAccess Collection 🎙️ Complementing #ecprgc26 roundtable moderated by @epsrjournal.bsky.social and @ejprjournal.bsky.social eds Featuring research from @prxjournal.bsky.social, @epsjournal.bsky.social, @ejir.bsky.social, & @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
⚖️ Aleh Baradzin examines how the brutal #Regime of Alexander #Lukashenko in #Belarus exploits international law to involve European courts, police and migration authorities in the transnational persecution of political opponents. 👉 buff.ly/qEMPzq4
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Exploiting international law for political persecution
How could European legal mechanisms possibly serve the interests of an authoritarian leader? Aleh Baradzin examines how the brutal regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus exploits international law ...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📄 Drawing on a systematic review of 2,401 scientific articles, Hugo Bonin shows how #LiberalDemocracy has shifted from a contested analytical concept to a defensive catchphrase. 🔎 Examining the term is crucial for how we think about democracy's future. 👉 buff.ly/37mojy8
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How political science learned to stop worrying and love liberal democracy
Drawing on a systematic review of 2,401 scientific articles, Hugo Bonin shows how 'liberal democracy' has shifted from a contested analytical concept to a defensive catchphrase. The more the term circ...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Cool @ecprtheloop.bsky.social piece by Flora Baumgartner on the car as part of the "culture wars". This does have a much longer precedent, however. One of the first right-wing populist parties in Europe was the Autopartei in Switzerland, founded in 1984
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My love, my car: inside right-wing transport policy
Opposition to sustainable transport projects is growing, because of distributive and identity grievances familiar from broader climate policy. Flora Baumgartner looks at how transport policies are con...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🗣️ #JavierMilei has warned Brussels not to restrict the new EU-Mercosur trade deal with safeguards, sparking tensions between Argentina + Brazil, and reviving speculation about #Mercosur's future. ↩️ But @nicosalvoni.bsky.social explains why withdrawal from the bloc remains unlikely. 👉 buff.ly/Qwu8ec8
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Who would pay to leave Mercosur – and who would really lose
Tensions between Argentina and Brazil after Javier Milei's remarks warning Brussels not to 'restrict' the newly signed EU-Mercosur trade deal with safeguards have revived speculation about Mercosur's ...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
⛰️ In 2018, scholars discovered the 75,000-year-old remains of a #Neanderthal woman in #Shanidar Cave, Iraq. 🦴 Dana Sofi, reveals how 'Shanidar Z' was more than an archaeological finding, coming to represent digital struggles over identity, territory + belonging. 👉 buff.ly/jNORaQK
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When deep prehistory becomes digital nationalism
In 2018, scholars discovered the 75,000-year-old remains of a Neanderthal woman in Shanidar Cave, Iraq. What followed, argues Dana Sofi, reveals how even deep prehistory can become political. Once the...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🌍️ Over 2 days in July, around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco to #Ceuta, Spain in the first real test of the #EU Pact on Migration + Asylum. ⚠️ Agnese Pacciardi says the crisis resulted in weakened solidarity b/w member states, rushed deportations + the neglect of human rights. 👉 buff.ly/9JwnALW
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The grim future of European migration policy
At the end of July, over the space of two days, around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The largest such crossing on record, it became the first real-world test of...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🏫 Britain’s debate over private schooling often treats fairness as a choice between a divided system + a common one. 🧑‍🏫 Pierce Leslie argues that equality depends on whether funding, capacity + accountability reach the pupils who need them most. #PrivateSchool #Education 👉 buff.ly/xy6ZH1H
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Private education and the limits of uniformity
Britain’s debate over private schooling often treats fairness as a choice between a divided system and a common one. Pierce Leslie argues that equality depends on whether funding, capacity and account...
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Opposition to sustainable transport is becoming a shared cause on the European right. This piece argues that local fights over bike lanes, parking, and transit combine distributive conflicts with identity politics. By @florabaumgartner.bsky.social in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social buff.ly/CIOwePA
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My love, my car: inside right-wing transport policy
Opposition to sustainable transport projects is growing, because of distributive and identity grievances familiar from broader climate policy. Flora Baumgartner looks at how transport policies are…
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.131 🌐 Mebratu Kelecha argues for a 'pluriversal democracy', which would protect conflict without elimination, recognise the right to opacity, and build institutions in which #IndigenousLaw + revisable political settlements can coexist. 👉 buff.ly/TL2BCNx
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🦋 Building a pluriversal democracy where many worlds fit
Mebratu Kelecha argues that democracy should not force deep differences into one supposedly universal language. A pluriversal democracy would protect conflict without elimination, recognise the right ...
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Consuelo Thiers @consuelothiers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📝 I’ve written a new piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on what Andy Burnham’s psychology might tell us about his approach to foreign policy. Read below
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
💼 Andy #Burnham takes office with little public record on #ForeignPolicy. 🔎 @consuelothiers.bsky.social profiles his political personality to offer an interpretation on how he may act on the world stage. 👉 buff.ly/IJhVIEI
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What Andy Burnham's psychology tells us about his foreign policy
Andy Burnham takes office with little public record on foreign policy. Consuelo Thiers profiles his political personality to offer a interpretation on how he may act on the world stage. She argues tha...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🔎 Political science has spent decades studying what wars destroy. 💭 Eglal Hamed Abdulgadir says contemporary wars, such as the war in #Sudan, suggest it may be time to ask what they produce. 👉 buff.ly/HcVfuhj
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How come we're still asking why wars endure?
Political science has spent decades studying what wars destroy. Contemporary wars, says Eglal Hamed Abdulgadir, suggest it may be time to ask what they produce
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🤐 As concerns grow over the global reach of #Chinese Communist Party censorship, Ruairidh Brown + Momo clarify how Chinese discourse control functions. ↖️ ↘️ Rather than a top-down, process, they argue, #Censorship is a multidirectional social phenomenon. 👉 buff.ly/ycf6b9l
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Dicing the onion: dissecting top-down assumptions about Chinese discourse control
As concerns grow over the global reach of Chinese Communist Party censorship, Ruairidh Brown and Momo clarify how Chinese discourse control functions. Rather than a top-down, process, they argue, cens...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🤖 #GlobalAI competition has entered a new phase. 🛠️ While the US + EU build #PaxSilica around infrastructure, China is developing a rival coalition around governance. 🔀 This suggests a bipolar model is emerging, but the real picture is far more complex, says Elena Yurieva. 👉 buff.ly/FvXc5ZF
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Who moves next in the global AI race?
Global AI competition has entered a new phase. While Washington and Brussels build 'Pax Silica' around infrastructure, Beijing is developing a rival coalition around governance. At first glance, this ...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🗣️ @zoegueli.bsky.social argues that in #Italy, the anti-EU rhetoric of Fratelli d’Italia survives not because Italians are Eurosceptic, 🔧 but because its rhetoric functions as a domestic political tool – one that #EU institutions are structurally unable to counter. 👉 buff.ly/J6UoEi1
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Why anti-EU rhetoric persists without an anti-EU public
Zoe Gueli argues that in Italy, the anti-Brussels rhetoric of governing right-wing party Fratelli d’Italia survives not because Italians are Eurosceptic, but because its rhetoric functions as a domest...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🔎 Mahmoud Rasouli argues that debates over the #USIranConflict focus overwhelmingly on governments. 🗣️ Although both countries frequently claim to act on behalf of ordinary #Iranians, citizens rarely influence the policies pursued in their name. 👉 buff.ly/Ssp38Nh
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The missing actor in the US-Iran conflict: the Iranian people
Mahmoud Rasouli argues that debates over the US-Iran confrontation focus overwhelmingly on governments while overlooking the people most affected by their decisions. Although both Washington and Tehra...
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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I said exactly this to a journalist this week on the same topic. And linked to the @ecprtheloop.bsky.social blog by @timbale.bsky.social: theloop.ecpr.eu/why-we-need-...
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Why we need to halt ‘hard right’ in its tracks
Far-right parties are doing well – so it’s important that we see them for what they are. Yet, in the UK, the label ‘hard right’ is catching on. Why is debateable. But, argues Tim Bale, it’s a misdescr...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🌍️ 4 years after launching its #IndoPacificStrategy, the #EU still isn't seen as a serious geopolitical player in the region. 💭 Closing this perception gap, not building more capability, argues @nrsmith.bsky.social, is Brussels' real challenge. 👉 buff.ly/09T1PUa
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The EU's Indo-Pacific problem is not capability, it is perception
Four years after launching its Indo-Pacific Strategy, the EU still isn't seen as a serious geopolitical player in the 'region'. Closing this perception gap, not building more capability, argues Nichol...
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