2026

GERMANY: ‘The goal is a resilient democracy that doesn’t just react to the far right but builds alternatives’

Lorenz Blumenthaler | GERMANY

ITALY: ‘White supremacist concepts are entering mainstream political discourse on migration’

Eleonora Celoria | ITALY

PORTUGAL: ‘The far right’s electoral legitimacy can eventually become governmental power’

Jonni Lopes | PORTUGAL

KAZAKHSTAN: ‘This constitution is the final institutional lock on authoritarian rule’

Yevgeniy Zhovtis | KAZAKHSTAN

CHINA: ‘The state is using generative AI to engineer reality through informational gaslighting’

Fergus Ryan | AUSTRALIA

EU: ‘Funding civil society advocacy isn’t just legitimate – it’s a legal duty’

Giada Negri | BELGIUM

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

NIGERIA: ‘Air power can’t address complex and deeply rooted security challenges’

Ibrahim Baba Shatambaya | NIGERIA

CONFLICT | CRISIS

THE NETHERLANDS: ‘The direction of policy-making will depend on where the government seeks support’

Aïcha Chaghouani | THE NETHERLANDS

NEPAL: ‘The political system only moves when threatened directly’

Anusha Khanal | NEPAL

VENEZUELA: ‘An economically stable authoritarian model could become entrenched’

Verónica Zubillaga | VENEZUELA