Vienna is European Capital of Democracy 2024/25
Vienna takes over the title from Barcelona in autumn and becomes the venue for a multifaceted year of democracy
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Identifying systemic risks for civic discourse and electoral processes and related mitigation measures under EU’s Digital Services Act
The Digital Services Act (DSA) mandates that Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), such as Facebook, and Very Large Online Search…
All the autocrat’s men: The court politics of Putin’s inner circle
What is the state of the “Putin court?” And how has Russia’s war against Ukraine influenced the clan battles that…
What democracy won and lost in the EMFA trilogues
The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) proposal has been keeping stakeholders busy for quite some time. Proposed in September 2022,…
Access to Public Information, Open Data, and Personal Data Protection: How do they dialogue with each other?
In this study, we aim to examine data protection policies in the European Union and Latin America jux- taposed with…
European and U.S. Democracy Support: The Limits of Convergence
Despite a favorable political environment in recent years on both sides of the Atlantic for close European-U.S. cooperation on international…
Hard Questions About the EU Lifting Sanctions on an Iranian Tech Company
By removing cloud technology firm Abr Arvan from its sanctions list, the EU has set a concerning—and puzzling—precedent. Last month,…
Securitization and European Democracy Policy
Current geopolitical trends are pushing the EU to increasingly prioritize security in its international action and outreach, including on democracy…
Polarization Threatens to Derail Bosnia’s EU Ambitions
The opening of EU accession talks marks an important milestone for Bosnia, where ethnic tensions run high. But progress on…
Project Oasis: Sustainability in practice
In 2014, a group of journalists made the bold move to leave the Slovakian newspaper SME after it was partially…