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Democracy and citizenship

Is the data, and democracy. Wormhole simulation with the word data. Photo: geralt (Pixabay)
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Is the data, and democracy

Data regulation in the EU has more to do with the health of our democracies.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
16 Dec 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
People carrying the European flag in front of Castello Sforzesco (Milan, Italy) illuminated on the occasion of Europe Day 2021. Photo: Piero Cruciatti/©European Union, 2021. EC-Audiovisual Service. Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Foresight in the EU: are we building citizen trust?

Building citizen trust in the EU is not a straightforward task. Its internal sustainability and international projection depend on it.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
19 May 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas airport, Spain. Photo: Diego Delso (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Influence and image of Spain Analyses

Spanish public opinion on immigration and the effect of VOX

Spanish public opinion on immigration is growing increasingly polarised.

By Carmen González Enríquez, Sebastian Rinken
15 Apr 2021 //
16 mins Reading time
Alaa Salah, Civil Society Activist and Community Leader from Sudan, addresses the Security Council meeting on Women, Peace and Security in 2019. Photo: UN Women (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
International Security Analyses

Rekindling the Agenda on Women, Peace and Security: can the EU lead by example?

The terrain of war and peace is not gender neutral.

By Jessica Almqvist
23 Mar 2021 //
29 mins Reading time
Protesters participate in an anti-military rally in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: VOA Burmese (Wikimedia Commons / Public domain). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Myanmar, a coup of the digital age

The coup d’état being perpetrated by the army in Myanmar has made use of more advanced –imported– technologies in pursuit of its opponents.

By Andrés Ortega
23 Mar 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
"Democracy". Sculpture by W. F. Herrick at the Courthouse Plaza in Burlington, Vermont (US). Photo: Mike Gifford (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

The alliance for democracy must start at home

The idea of an international Summit for Democracy takes on more urgency, although not necessarily effectiveness.

By Andrés Ortega
12 Jan 2021 //
7 mins Reading time
Whither conservatism? The Independence March in Warsaw (Poland) in 2019. Photo: Dawid Małecki (@djmalecki). Elcan Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Whither conservatism?

The right is commanding politics but what kind of right is it? Is it the broadly liberal conservatism or an illiberal hard right?

By William Chislett
03 Nov 2020 //
5 mins Reading time
US election 2020: digital foreign policy. Second presidential debate. Photo: Adam Schultz / Biden for President (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

US election 2020: digital foreign policy

Technology is not a top-tier issue in both Biden and Trump’s campaigns. Impacts on digital foreign policy may be significant.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
26 Oct 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Man wearing a QAnon T-Shirt. Photo:Marc Nozell, New Hampshire, USA (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

QAnon: the religion of conspiracy

Who is QAnon? Is he the outcome of a malicious use of artificial intelligence trained with conspiratorial posts?

By Andrés Ortega
29 Sep 2020 //
6 mins Reading time

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