The past four years in Norway give the lie to Norwegian political analysts proclaiming that a populist right-wing party in power acts as a brake on rising right-wing extremism.
This devastating attack comes at a very delicate political moment, but it has united Barcelonians, Catalans and Spanish in revulsion and sorrow. Español
Este atentado devastador se produce en un momento político muy delicado, cuando las tensiones entre el gobierno regional catalán y el gobierno español estaban en un momento de máximo voltaje. English
After 16 years of the so-called war on terror, people feel no more secure than in the aftermath of 9/11.
These 50.50 authors will delight and challenge us with monthly comment and analysis about sexuality in Africa, and reportage on intersecting forms of oppression in Italy.
A new generation of Roma women is rising up against multiple forms of discrimination, to claim their rights to jobs, education, and healthcare.
Half of female asylum-seekers in Europe are aged 18-34. With little control over their environments, how can they retain control over their bodies?
We need a better debate on our place in the global economy and ecology – not inaccurate nostrums put forward by a secretive network of the mega-rich and their ideologues.
Arab respondents mostly reject the EU brand of formal liberal democracy in which elections are essential, but civil and political rights remain decoupled from unprioritised social and economic rights.
In Arab countries, the EU is not seen as providing stability or promoting democracy. Asked what policies the EU should prioritise, survey respondents wanted 'economic support' and 'economic development'.
On the rise of Islamophobia and rightwing parties, the ideology of nation-states and other barriers to self-understanding. An interview.
Are we standing on the brink of a new kind of nihilistic governmentality, where politics is turned into perpetual theatre, disconnected from any kind of coherent government programming?
