Decolonising Language: How Words Shape Power, Identity, and Freedom
Language is never neutral. Everyday terms like “Middle East,” “Third World,” and “ethnic” still echo colonial perspectives that place Europe at the centre and cast other cultures as the “other.” Decolonising language means recognising these hidden power structures and rethinking the words that shape how we see the world.
Génération IA: Menace ou Tremplin pour les Jeunes Européens?
Listen to the newest podcast by our journalist, Zeynep Citil, interviewing Julian Blum, a specialist in international relations and strategic affairs. [French]
Two EU countries still deny women the right to choose
If you zoom out and look at the European Union as a whole, you’d expect women’s rights to sit at the core of “European values”—and yet two EU countries still deny women the right to choose. What looks like a settled principle on paper becomes, in practice, a fault line.
Before the Rubicon: Southern Europe, the Iran War and the logic of hegemony
Europe, neighboring the Middle East, was not asked. It was not called, not consulted. The operations were decided in circles of power from which Europe was absent — and their consequences, the waves of instability — it will be Europe that is called to manage them. Rubicons, however, are never announced; they are recognized only after they have already been crossed. And when that moment comes, there will be no 'protocol' left to invoke, because we will have helped erode it ourselves.
The Peace Room: Women’s Dialogue Across the Belgrade-Pristina Divide | Dialogue Academy Network of Alumnae (DANA)
Belgrade and Pristina aren’t just places on a map—they’re lived realities. DANA members Anja Jokić and Amina Kaja unpack feminist, grassroots peacebuilding as daily practice: building trust, facing pressure at home, and learning from Belfast. The core question: can long-term human relationships outlast border logic?
Hungary Ranks Worst in the EU for Rule of Law. How Does Poland Compare? [REPORT]
Denmark, Norway, and Finland are leading the world in rule of law, according to the latest WJP Rule of Law Index. Poland ranks 32nd.
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The Czech Republic bans communism: a politics of memory at work
With one signature, Czech President Petr Pavel outlawed communism, equating it with Nazi propaganda. Framed as justice, the ban turns memory into a battlefield and enforces a Cold War logic that narrows democracy into a struggle of extremes.
Voting fatigue: Why young people are disengaging
You scroll through your phone late at night. One video says this election will decide the future of the planet. The next claims all parties are the same anyway. An ad promises change; a comment underneath calls it a lie. Somewhere between registration deadlines, memes, and hot takes, the sense settles in: this is important, but also exhausting. Can you relate?
