Poland’s 2023 general elections marked a pivotal shift in European politics as pro-EU liberal factions unexpectedly triumphed over the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party. Contrastingly, Hungary’s 2022 elections saw Viktor Orban’s conservative government secure… [Read more]
(Disclaimer: this episode was recorded in March 2023, a year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine) In this episode, the Governance Post speaks to Justus von Samson (MDS 2024), who was on the ground in… [Read more]
We are in need of a much deeper conversation about hidden biases within European public administrations. New data may be able to help. If you are an analyst or a decision maker, you will have… [Read more]
The Covid-19 pandemic has put significant challenges to issues of political stability in democracies worldwide. Despite considerable efforts from some European countries, there are substantial concerns about rising gender inequality paired with a decline in… [Read more]
Despite its early formulation in 2001, in the aftermath of the Yugoslav conflict, and the several cases in which Member States have been prompted to apply it, the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) was never activated.… [Read more]
More than two months after the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the cost of this war continues to rise. As of the end of March, more than 1,600 civilians have perished and millions have… [Read more]
As one of the worst heatwaves in memory strikes India in these weeks, the absence of a single authoritative UN agency that deals with global climate change is jarring. The establishment of a World Environmental… [Read more]
Just over twenty-five years ago, Russia, Norway, Finland, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the United States of America created a unique geopolitical project – the Arctic Council. The 1996 Ottawa Declaration established the Arctic Council… [Read more]
The Indo-Pacific region has received growing attention from the international community ever since Former American President Trump presented the United States’ ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ (FOIP) strategy at the 2017 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Hanoi. This is not fundamentally surprising. … [Read more]
This piece is part of a novel collaboration between The Governance Post and The Paris Globalist, the international affairs magazine by students at Sciences Po in Paris, France. “When violence against NGOs broke out in… [Read more]