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We Lost Jason Arday to a Moral Panic

VON Dalia Gebrial

Professor Jason Arday’s life was precious and important. It ended prematurely following a callous, industrial-scale media witch hunt. For all the talk of the facts, many facts about his life have come to light since his passing.

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Wie Argentiniens Opposition mundtot gemacht wird

VON Delfina Rossi

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ist inhaftiert und lebenslang von öffentlichen Ämtern in Argentinien ausgeschlossen. Ihr Fall zeigt, wie eine Aushöhlung der Demokratie durch willfährige Gerichte aussehen kann.

Towards Qualified Majority Voting in EU Foreign Policy

VON Matthias Goldmann

For several years, the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) appeared to have a Hungary problem. More fundamentally, however, it has a Treaty-design problem. Article 31(1) TEU establishes unanimity as the default decision-making rule for the European Council and the Council in CFSP matters, subject to specified exceptions.

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Apocalyptic rains and their economic costs

VON JC Punongbayan

What do weeklong rains cost an economy already struggling to grow? And how might we fare with climate change only expected to worsen in coming years?

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Lai Administration Takes A Page Out of KMT’s Playbook with Cash Handouts

VON Brian Hioe

The Lai administration has announced plans for cash handouts of 10,000 NT to the general public. The Lai administration has framed this as sharing the dividends of Taiwan’s AI boom with the general public, stating that Taiwan had reached the highest economic growth in 39 years