Pier Luigi Parcu - 20/03/2026
Media pluralism after the EMFA: time for a European monitor
In this EUIdeas piece, Pier Luigi Parcu argues that the Media Pluralism Monitor helped Europe assessing media pluralism at national level. The next...
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Read moreOlena Snigyr - 23/02/2026
War behind the talks: Europe in Russia’s coercive strategy
In this EUIdeas commentary, Olena Snigyr dissects Russia’s strategy in negotiations aimed at ending the Russian-Ukrainian war. She argues that US p...
Read moreSalvador Lescano, Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci - 12/02/2026
Latin American failures: the case of Venezuela
In this EUIdeas piece, Salvador Lescano and Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci argue that the US’s recent intervention in Venezuela has shown the failure of ...
Read moreRoberta Carlini - 29/01/2026
Should the European Media Freedom Act block a risky takeover in the Italian media sector?
Italy's media landscape is on the brink of a historic shift as one of its major newspaper publishers faces acquisition by a foreign media mogul. In...
Read moreAbdollah Baei Lashaki - 14/01/2026
When connectivity becomes a threat: internet shutdowns and the erosion of the public sphere in Iran
In the current wave of protests, internet shutdowns are a tool of repression in Iran. In this EUIdeas piece, Research Fellow Abdollah Baei Lashaki ...
Read moreSabrina Frydman, Anna Śledzińska-Simon - 17/12/2025
Justice denied: How international courts are failing to uphold reproductive justice
The next UN Session of the Commission on the Status of Women focuses on ensuring access to justice for women. Sabrina Frydman & Anna Śledzińska-Sim...
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Why Syrian refugee return is driven by push, not pull
Umutcan Yüksel, Tineke Strik - 20/03/2026
Fifteen months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, over 1.4 million Syrian refugees have returned home. This figure has been announced as a mileston...
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Gender equality: When local media show the way forward!
Marie Palmer - 06/03/2026
Gender parity in the news? 30 years after The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (UNWOMEN, 1995), this is still a myth in the European Uni...
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What are ‘safe assets’?
Aleksei Kiselev - 03/03/2026
In a world of growing uncertainty, there is increasing demand for investments that help mitigate adverse risks. The term ‘safe asset’ often emerges...
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Post Europe’s “limited responsibility” model must go
Marco Buti, Giancarlo Corsetti, Marcello Messori - 09/03/2026
Published on: Project Syndicate
Article Policy coordination for fractured times. Unstable geopolitics complicates effective coordination of fiscal and monetary policy
Giancarlo Corsetti, Leonardo Melosi - 06/03/2026
Published on: IMF's F&D Magazine
Article Agroecology: rethinking global policy efficiency and funding priorities to overcome the blind spot in climate action
Fabio Gaetano Santeramo - 24/02/2026
Published on: The Conversation