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Colombia’s Security Turn Should Not Leave Its Peace Architecture Behind

A stronger security policy can coexist with implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, victim-centered justice, and institutions designed to move armed actors back into civilian life.

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8.09.2026

The Opposite of Growth Is Not Degrowth

I read this book from a Marxian tradition, and my three reservations are recognizably those a Marxist puts to a Foucauldian: that the framework struggles to say what makes [...]

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1.09.2026

History of Political Conflict: How Economy and Geography Shape the Political Field

Elia Stebach reviews Julia Cagé and Thomas Piketty’s A History of Political Conflict: Elections and Social Inequalities in France, 1789-2022 (Belknap Press – Harvard [...]

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Challenging Bucharest’s “Little Paris” Myth:  A Conversation with Alexandra Ghiţ

Between 1914 and 1941, Bucharest’s population tripled, approaching one million inhabitants.This rapid growth created new neighborhoods and new opportunities, but also brought new forms of [...]

10.09.2026

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Who Gets to Shape the Future of the Arctic? A Conversation with Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds

In this episode of the Review of Democracy podcast, Anna Niia Varfolomeeva speaks with Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds about their book Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic . Together, [...]

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