On the night of June 9th 2024, the president of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly. Only hours after his party’s defeat in the European elections, Macron made a public appearance to announce this momentous decision. The gamble came as a shock to the populace, sending the country into a spiral of political uncertainty. Indeed, it left many wondering why the holder of the largest bloc in parliament would make such a bold move.

At the end of November 2025, the British political scene witnessed the inaugural conference of Your Party, the culmination of a turbulent episode for the British left beginning in July. Promising to be a grassroots socialist alternative to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's increasingly centrist Labour government, Your Party was initially greeted with widespread enthusiasm among the British left, who had begun feeling politically homeless since Starmer's overtures to the political

In an understated ceremony within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, Israel became the first United Nations member to formally recognise Somaliland’s independence. The decision, taken almost thirty-five years after Somaliland declared independence from Somalia, gives new hope for momentum to the unrecognized state's bid for international recognition. Yet, Israel’s decision may similarly present new challenges, as Somaliland attempts to navigate the complex politics o

The political geography of the German Republic has undergone a seismic shift. Following the 2025 federal election, the Bundestag feels fundamentally different: colder, sharper, and more polarized. The disappearance of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from the parliamentary floor is not merely a footnote in electoral arithmetic; it represents a structural rupture in the German political system. For the first time in decades, the mechanism that balanced the equation between soci

Iraqi Political Instability in the 21st Century (2003-2011)

To describe the new landscape of Party authority in China, a new term is required beyond economic descriptivism: that concept is the sinthome. Despite reference to China’s slowdown – a growth rate below 5%, deflationary pressures, collapsing development, and record youth unemployment – the system has withstood fragmentation. The reason is structural: the CCP operates as China’s sinthome, the stabilising knot that allows incompatible logics such as capitalist markets, socialis

The post-1945 development order, anchored by the Bretton Woods institutions and the UN system, was designed for global stability and reconstruction. Over time, however, rising Global South voices and geopolitical shifts strained that order. In the 1970s, newly independent states (through the Non-Aligned Movement and G77) pressed for a New International Economic Order (NIEO), demanding reforms of trade, finance, and even the Bretton Woods rules to better serve developing count

Social Media has changed; the medium has fundamentally evolved since its inception as a pastime to share experiences into some people’s entire livelihood. Alongside this evolution their networks have only increased in size every year, and have become a major outlet in the spreading of information. According to Pew Research, 38% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news on Facebook, and 35% say the same about YouTube.

On January 1st 2026 we will celebrate the 33rd anniversary of establishing the European Single Market. Although we have built one of the most integrated markets in the world, alcohol policy remains a patchwork of national regulations. The European framework for action on alcohol, (2022–2025) which paves the way towards implementation of the global Action Plan (2022–2030), addressed the difficulties of a fragmented response as a main issue with effective implementing of the p