Energy Geopolitics from Hormuz to Lagos: Commodity Shocks and African Vulnerability
In this analysis, Dr. Oludele Solaja examines how geopolitical tensions around the strategic oil chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz...
“Googling” Patterns during 2026 State of the Union Address – Research Note
This research note introduces high frequency “real-time” Google Trends data as a novel tool for studying public engagement with major...
Climate Security from Below: Community Environmental Action and Democratic Gaps in Coastal Nigeria
Along Nigeria’s vulnerable coastline, climate change is not a projection but a daily struggle shaping survival, governance, and democracy. In...
Pax Americana to Pax Silica: Strategic Shifts in US Security Policy
From Pax Americana to Pax Silica, US grand strategy is undergoing a quiet but consequential transformation. In this timely commentary,...
From the ‘End of History’ to the ‘End of a Fiction’: What Davos 2026 Really Announced
Davos 2026 revealed a global order no longer converging on a single liberal model, but sliding into a harsher era...
From Farce to Tragedy: The First Year of Trump’s Second Term and the Unmaking of America
In “From Farce to Tragedy,” the author traces the first year of Donald Trump’s second term as a turning point...
Law, Order and the Lives in Between
In this Voice of Youth (VoY) article, Emmanouela Papapavlou delivers a powerful reflection on state violence, immigration enforcement, and the...
Dopamine Detox, Self-Discipline, and the Populist Moralization of Responsibility
This commentary interrogates the rising popularity of “dopamine detox” as a moralized response to digital overload and burnout, situating it...
Voting with Freebies: How Direct Welfare Benefits Reshape Electoral Behaviour in India
In this analytically rich commentary, ECPS Youth Group member Saurabh Raj examines how direct welfare delivery is transforming electoral politics...
Iran and Turkey through ‘The Golden Cage’ and ‘Contextual Gendered Racialization’ Lens: Populism, Law, Gender and Freedom
In this commentary, Dr. Hafza Girdap offers a compelling comparative analysis of populism, law, gender, and freedom across two authoritarian...
Bihar Provincial Assembly Elections Boost Modi’s Populism
In his incisive analysis, Dr. Amir Ali, examines how the 2025 Bihar Provincial Assembly elections have reinvigorated Prime Minister Narendra...
The Humanity of Migration
In this timely and powerful Voice of Youth (VoY) essay, Emmanouela Papapavlou reframes migration not as a crisis or threat,...