Peace with the Kurds in Turkey: What about It?
In this incisive analysis, political scientist Professor Cengiz Aktar examines Ankara’s latest initiative toward the Kurds, arguing that what has...
Why Europe, Not China or Russia, Is the Civilisational Problem in Trump’s NSS
Trump’s National Security Strategy marks a sharp break from post-Cold War US diplomacy: it portrays Europe, not rival powers, as...
Trump’s New Heavy Hand Strategy in Latin America
In this sharp geopolitical analysis, Dr. Imdat Oner examines the far-reaching implications of Operation Southern Spear, the Trump administration’s unprecedented...
November 25: The Normalization of Violence and the Forgetting That Keeps It Alive
In this compelling VoY essay, Emmanouela Papapavlou confronts the uncomfortable truth behind society’s yearly cycle of remembrance on November 25th....
How European Populists Turn Farmers’ Anger into Political Power
In this ECPS Voices of Youth contribution, Kader Gueye examines how European populist movements are transforming genuine agrarian grievances into...
COP30: The Spaceship Is on Fire
In her sharp analysis of the COP30 summit, Dr. Heidi Hart, an environmental humanities researcher and guest instructor at Linnaeus University...
November 17th: The Rise of the Far-Right as a ‘Youth Trend’
In this powerful reflection for ECPS – Voice of Youth, high school student Emmanouela Papapavlou warns that the rise of...
Can Mamdani’s Municipal Socialism Counter Democratic Backsliding?
In a period of deepening global democratic recession Zohran Mamdani’s ascent as mayor of New York City poses an important...
Schrödinger’s Elite: How Populism Turns Power into Moral Performance
Populists rise to power by claiming outsider status against a corrupt elite. Yet many—from Erdogan and Modi to Trump—retain legitimacy...
What Is the Ideology That Has Attained Social Hegemony? Let Us Call It Simply “Nativism”
In this thought-provoking commentary, Dr. João Ferreira Dias argues that the dominant ideology underpinning contemporary right-wing movements is not populism...
Popular, Not Populist? Imran Khan and the Civil–Military Grammar of Populism in Pakistan
In this incisive commentary, feminist scholar Afiya S. Zia dissects the myth that Imran Khan is “popular, not populist.” Drawing...
Creative Destruction or Destructive Consolidation? Nobel Reflections on Growth Under Populism
This commentary examines the tension between authoritarian populism and innovation-driven growth, drawing on the insights of Nobel laureates Joel Mokyr,...