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✍️ It's insufficient for supporters of liberal democracy to play defense. It's imperative for them to grasp illiberalism’s key features and what those features may reveal about the path to a more democratic future, @ferenclaczo.bsky.social argues. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/dwj8ah8x

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🎙️ In our new podcast, @sepoy.bsky.social considers the political history of South Asia from the perspective of one of its most vibrant and famed cities, Lahore. 🇵🇰 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4xr6a7hj

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✍️ The incoming German government faces mounting domestic and geopolitical crises. In his op-ed, our Editor Kristóf Szombati analyzes the outcome of the elections. 🇩🇪🗳️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/mrxmz3he

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🎙️ In our new podcast, Alexandra Medzibrodszky talks to Tejas Parasher to explore the rich and often overlooked landscape of radical democratic thought in modern India. 🇮🇳 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/5ec9r5jp

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👥📚 Did you miss the first session of the Book of the Month series, co-organized with @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social? 📹 Watch it now! Visible Ukraine co-hosted the session. ⤵️

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🎙️ In the new episode of the Democracy After 2024 series, Denys Tereshchenko hosts Margarita Zavadskaya to discuss asymmetries of power between state and civil society in Russia, and reasons behind the failure of anti-war protests. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3tbcr6y2

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✍️🇳🇵 In his essay, Raunak Mainali focuses on the current state of federalism in #Nepal as part of a broader series of reformatory processes to address the root causes of the Nepali Civil War. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/5n8en6tj

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🎙️👨‍⚖️ “Double standards are poison for international law,” Christoph Flügge, former judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, argues in our interview. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3eezu6uv

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🎙️ In our new podcast, Kenneth Roth explains what has made the strategies of @hrw.org distinct in the world of human rights-related advocacy and activism. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4crznkj5

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✍️🔖 “The colonial legacy is certainly a distinguishing feature of disinformation in Africa,” Susanna De Stefani writes in her review of the volume edited by @phatcontroller.bsky.social and George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2yhuw92u

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🎙️ In the latest episode of our Democracy After 2024 series, Julia Ebner discusses major developments regarding the mainstreaming of extremist ideas and sketches effective counterstrategies. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/yc72vmdr

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🔙👥🇵🇱 If you missed this webinar on the state of rebuilding judicial independence in Poland, co-organized with the @ceudeminst.bsky.social Rule of Law Clinic and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, watch it now: 📹👇

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✍️ In #Turkey, “partisanship and selective exposure drive #misinformation beliefs – but surprisingly, not via social media, rather through television,” Zsofia Bocskay (@ceudeminst.bsky.social) writes in her op-ed. 🇹🇷📺 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3wkfmm93

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🎙️ In our new podcast, Bogdan Cristian Iacob explores the legacy of socialist regimes in the transnational circulation of expert knowledge during the Cold War, with a particular focus on medical aid. 🎧 Listen now: 👉 tinyurl.com/46a3a3p5

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✍️ Delayed data on abortion care in Italy impacts citizens’ ability to effectively advocate and hold their government accountable for the management of public healthcare, @dmpullan.bsky.social and @paytongannon.bsky.social argue in their article. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2kyzvtm6

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✍️ Our Editor-in-Chief and @ceudeminst.bsky.social Director László Bruszt argues that the organizational perspective on democracy might offer a solid framework for exploring the links among different perspectives on the problems of democracy. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/559jmfvx

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🎙️ In the new episode of our Democracy After 2024 series, Oleksandra Kokhan is joined by @peasantpedant.bsky.social and Serhiy Kudelia to discuss the the (im)possibility of holding elections in #Ukraine, among many other topics. 🇺🇦 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3at9ctr5

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✍️ In his op-ed, Mirko Tasic examines the intersection of #democracy and #diplomacy, questioning the feasibility of democratizing diplomacy in an era where democracy itself may be manipulated to serve super-imperialism. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2ajxdj22

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🆕 Listen to our incredible author @rtperson3.bsky.social discuss his essay from our January issue on the @RevDem2020.bsky.social podcast! revdem.ceu.edu/2025/...

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🎙️🇺🇦 In the newest episode of our monthly special in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @rtperson3.bsky.social discusses key issues that pose nearly insurmountable obstacles to a negotiated ending of Russia’s war against Ukraine. 🎧 Listen now: 👉 tinyurl.com/y2y9mrxx

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🎙️ In the new episode of our Democracy After 2024 podcast series, Arina Kravchenko hosts Mykola Riabchuk to discuss the significance of democracy to Ukrainian national identity and the country’s social fabric. 🇺🇦 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/yxr4xtwy

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On 27 Jan, policymakers, think-tank experts & academics from Brussels, Warsaw & Paris explored Poland’s potential to address the EU’s leadership challenges in a rapidly changing geopolitical & economic landscape. Read the key takeaways🔗 loom.ly/72XZpis @revdem2020.bsky.social, @michalm.bsky.social

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📢 We want to hear from YOU! 📢 What do you love about our content? What would you like to see more of? Take our quick survey and help shape the future of our journal! 💡 📋 Take the survey here: revdem.ceu.edu/2025/01/30/s...

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🎙️ In our latest podcast with Nusrat F. Jafri, we explore her much-acclaimed biographical fiction, and she raises a profound question: How can democratic systems address historical prejudices and work toward creating a truly inclusive society? 🎧 Listen now: 👉 tinyurl.com/mp6udrre

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🎙️ In our new podcast, Miriam Schuler discusses whether EU action may be justified to protect the co-foundational value of democracy during national elections in the Member States. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/yhcr78be

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Poland has reemerged as a key player in European politics. 🇵🇱🇪🇺 ✍️ In their op-ed, Piotr Buras and @michalm.bsky.social analyze what Poland’s presidency of the EU Council could mean for Europe’s future. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/58sa2s7m

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🎙️ In our new podcast, @marijabartl.bsky.social argues that the post-2008 crisis of neoliberalism created an ideological vacuum that would either be filled by a new vision of shared prosperity or by tribal imaginaries. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/ybxru562

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Join us and @eui-eu.bsky.social on Monday for this online debate on Poland’s role in the EU! 🇵🇱🇪🇺 🗓️ Jan 27, 5:30pm CET 🔴🎥 Live on Facebook 🗣️ Piotr Buras 🗣️ @erik-jones.bsky.social 🗣️ @michalm.bsky.social 🗣️ @ignacyn.bsky.social 🗣️ Monika Sus 🗣️ Pascale Joannin Details: 👉 www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

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✍️ In his op-ed, our assistant editor Thomas Barrington reflects on the 2024 annual lecture at the Bingham Center, delivered by Attorney General Lord Hermer. 🇬🇧 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/yhsy2asv

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Argentina's president, Javier Milei, has been in office for a year. What did the populist outsider accomplish during that time? @jaroslavbilek.bsky.social @charlesuni.bsky.social traces Milei's political and economic record in his new piece. 👉 www.authlib.eu/milei-first-...

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👥🇪🇺 Did you miss our special panel on the EU and its contemporary challenges, with Laszlo Bruszt, @danielhegedus.bsky.social, Monika Sus, and Ece Ozbey? 📽️ Watch the recording now ⤵️

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Listen to our authors Steven Levitsky and @dziblatt.bsky.social explore the various types of countermajoritarian institutions and reflect on which are democracy-enhancing and which can potentially subvert democracy on the latest @revdem2020.bsky.social podcast episode! revdem.ceu.edu/2025/...

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✍️🔖 “Just like its original podcast, Runciman’s book is an ambitious attempt to democratize philosophy,” Pavel Skigin writes in his review of David Runciman’s book. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2ccdtb5t

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Mark your calendar for the first session of our new Book of the Month series, co-organized with @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social and Visible Ukraine! 🗓️ Jan 31, 5:30pm 🔴🎥 Live on YouTube 🗣️ @zemliakova.bsky.social 🗣️ Ostap Sereda 🗣️ Jan Kubik 🗣️ Natalie Nougayrède 🗣️ Adrian Matus 👉 tinyurl.com/2s3jv7ur

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🎙️ In our new podcast, Zsuzsanna Szelenyi, Program Director of the CEU Democracy Institute Leadership Academy, discusses key questions in contemporary politics with a focus on European affairs. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3y7s5jua

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🎙️ In our new podcast, produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and @dziblatt.bsky.social examine countermajoritarian institutions and reflect on which are democracy-enhancing and which can subvert democracy. 🎧 Listen now: 👉 tinyurl.com/bdemvtv4

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📚 Here are our recommendations for book on rule of law and democracy that have been covered by and informed our Rule of Law section in 2024. See the list here: 👉 tinyurl.com/mv2snu6h

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🔴🎥 Follow our special panel on the EU and its contemporary challenges LIVE! 🗣️ Laszlo Bruszt 🗣️ @danielhegedus.bsky.social 🗣️ Monika Sus 🗣️ Ece Ozbey www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgwA...

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📚 Here are our five book recommendations from 2024 on Asian political history. Read the list here: 👉 tinyurl.com/56vdwbkm

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📚 Here are our five book recommendations from 2024 related to the history of ideas. Read the list here: 👉 tinyurl.com/5e6rcdkc

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🎙️ In our new podcast, @tomtheuns.bsky.social reflects on EU institutions’ rather narrow conception of democracy and their complicity in democratic backsliding in EU member states, and critiques the EU’s ‘membership fatalism.’ 🇪🇺 🎧 Listen now: 👉 tinyurl.com/22449pmy

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Mark your calendar for this special panel co-organized with the CEU Democracy Institute! 🗓️ Jan 16, 4pm 🔴🎥 Live on YouTube 🗣️ Laszlo Bruszt 🗣️ @danielhegedus.bsky.social 🗣️ Monika Sus 🗣️ Ece Ozbey Details: 👉 cutt.ly/Se9u3w9m

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📚 Here are our five book recommendations from 2024 on democracy and culture themes. Read the list here: 👉 tinyurl.com/7b3emsza

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📚 Here are our five book recommendations on #populism published in 2024, which merit widespread attention and discussion. Details: 👉 tinyurl.com/2p4dcker

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📚 Read our five recommendations on political economy themes from 2024 that address and grapple in novel and highly suggestive ways with the most urgent questions of our time. 👉 tinyurl.com/m8epcn6s

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📚 Read our five book recommendations on European themes from 2024 that dissect conceptions of democracy, consider original ways to protect it, analyze European integration and disintegration – and show the dark prehistory of the former. 👉 tinyurl.com/ejmcf7xd

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🎙️ In the new episode of our series produced in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Sheri Berman explores whether the growing support for right-wing populism is a consequence of mainstream parties’ failure to address popular concerns about immigration. 🎧 Listen to it: 👉 tinyurl.com/3zttz9sd

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🎙️ In our traditional end-of-the-year podcast we discuss the defining events and most important publications of 2024, as well as our expectations from the upcoming year in global politics and in terms of new intellectual trends. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/y4erzjmu

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🎙️ In our new podcast, Todd Stern, former US Special Envoy for #ClimateChange, explains what made the Paris Climate Agreement such a groundbreaking document and what kind of bargaining and compromises it took to make it happen. ♻️🌱 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/bddkwbpy

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🎙️ In our new podcast, @tomginsburg.bsky.social reflects on the potentially authoritarian nature of international law in its function of enabling relations between states. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/ye2wjdt4

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