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✍️ In the second article in our WWII series, Camilo Erlichman argues that the Second World War no longer serves as a history of the Western European present. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/j265ykjj

✍️ In the next article in our series on WWII, Thomas Bottelier argues that its end was not a single moment defined by victory and defeat, rather a process perpetuated by colonial power politics in the Global South. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2tmbrajk

🎙️ In our new podcast, investigative journalist and historian Isaac Stanley-Becker discusses the little-known origins of the #Schengen Agreement—long celebrated as a cornerstone of European integration and free movement. 🇪🇺🛃 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3h3eamhw

✍️ In his op-ed, Bogdan Iancu analyzes the presidential elections in Romania and the process that led to the first-round victory of the ultranationalist George Simion. 🇷🇴🗳️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/bdz9z9su

✍️ “Scholars sometimes neglected the extent to which the post-war trials in East Asia shaped the development of international law and the process of decolonization,” Kerstin von Lingen argues in the next article of our WWII series. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/y2mzf87r

🔜 Don’t forget to join us and CEU Democracy Institute TOMORROW for this online roundtable with Julia Adeney Thomas, Gregers Andersen, @gaarsman, Sabine Höhler, Zev Trachtenberg, and A. Medzibrodszky! ⏰ May 16, 5pm CET 🔴📽️ Online on YouTube Details: 👉 cutt.ly/nrlzslI4

✍️ Eighty years on, WWII is losing its moral primacy as global memory shifts reshape how Europe and the world confront the legacies of totalitarianism and liberal democracy, Georgi Verbeeck argues in his op-ed. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/5epkaeu3

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✍️ Some early conclusions from more and less radical approaches to restoring democracy and the rule of law in Poland have already emerged and provide useful hands-on evidence for the future, maria skóra 🇪🇺 writes. 🇵🇱🗳️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3wn846x9

🔜 TODAY 🔜 Don’t forget to join us and CEU Democracy Institute for this online book discussion with Bruno Leipold, Genevieve Rousseliere, Nicholas Vrousalis, and A. Medzibrodszky! ⏰ May 19, 6pm CET 🔴📽️ Online on YouTube Details: 👉 cutt.ly/arlyhkyO

🎙️ In our new podcast, Vamsi Vakulabharanam explores the relationship between democracy and economic inequality by examining the divergent trajectories of China and India. 🇨🇳🇮🇳 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4k8d7ahm

✍️ Eighty years after WWII’s end, Italy remains gripped by a battle over its wartime memory as historians lose ground to politicized narratives, Marco Aterrano argues in his article in our WWII series. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/47vuaf55

✍️The CJEU decision to declare “golden passport” schemes incompatible with EU law is a victory for anti-corruption activists and journalists, but it also has some perils. Anja Bossow examines the potential implications of the judgement. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2hdyfhem

✍️ We should see ourselves not only as those who came after WWII, but also as the ancestors of those who eighty years from now will look back, searching for lessons and inspiration, Ismee Tames writes in our series remembering WWII. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/y98z64rm

✍️🇧🇷 The story of how Brazil survived democratic backsliding under Bolsonaro offers valuable lessons for democracies everywhere, Gustavo Venturelli, Paolo Ricci, and Gabriel Pinho write in their article. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/22jm23bz

🎙️ In our new podcast, Patricia Owens exposes the hidden foundations of international relations in Britain, not as a field founded solely by elite white men, but one deeply shaped by the intellectual work of women. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/r6d97dcu

✍️ In his article, Pierre Mounier proposes rebuilding public knowledge infrastructure by uniting professionals, involving citizens, and securing resources to protect democracy’s foundation. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/5n7ahwrc

✍️ In the first part of his article, Daniel Hegedus recounts the background of the termination of US Government Assistance and its immediate financial consequences for the CSO sector in Central and Eastern Europe. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj

✍️ In the second part of his article, Daniel Hegedus analyzes the impact of the termination of US Government Assistance on the implementer landscape and the indirect political implications in the CEE region. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7

✍️ Mexico is preparing for an unprecedented judicial election. Ana Micaela Alterio explores how a process framed as democratization could entrench power, undermine judicial independence, and usher in a new phase of autocratic legalism. 🇲🇽🧑‍⚖️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d