From Farce to Tragedy: The First Year of Trump’s Second Term and the Unmaking of America
In “From Farce to Tragedy,” the author traces the first year of Donald Trump’s second term as a turning point...
Law, Order and the Lives in Between
In this Voice of Youth (VoY) article, Emmanouela Papapavlou delivers a powerful reflection on state violence, immigration enforcement, and the...
Dopamine Detox, Self-Discipline, and the Populist Moralization of Responsibility
This commentary interrogates the rising popularity of “dopamine detox” as a moralized response to digital overload and burnout, situating it...
Voting with Freebies: How Direct Welfare Benefits Reshape Electoral Behaviour in India
In this analytically rich commentary, ECPS Youth Group member Saurabh Raj examines how direct welfare delivery is transforming electoral politics...
Iran and Turkey through ‘The Golden Cage’ and ‘Contextual Gendered Racialization’ Lens: Populism, Law, Gender and Freedom
In this commentary, Dr. Hafza Girdap offers a compelling comparative analysis of populism, law, gender, and freedom across two authoritarian...
Bihar Provincial Assembly Elections Boost Modi’s Populism
In his incisive analysis, Dr. Amir Ali, examines how the 2025 Bihar Provincial Assembly elections have reinvigorated Prime Minister Narendra...
The Humanity of Migration
In this timely and powerful Voice of Youth (VoY) essay, Emmanouela Papapavlou reframes migration not as a crisis or threat,...
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...