Enlight writer Tatev Ghazaryan analyzes the emerging world of AI – and which countries are taking the biggest strides in developing these technologies.
In Autocracy We Trust – The Erosion of Democracy in Poland
Magdalena Kamont untangles and analyses the events and identity politics in Poland’s interior politics, highlighting their explanatory value to the recent turn to autocracy.
The Charismatic Leader of Turkey
Enlight writer Anahit Karapetyan explores the charismatic Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the personification of politics in Turkey.
Saudi women behind the wheel, but the road to equality remains long
Turkan Omari brings you an analysis of the recent equality reforms in Saudi Arabia. Was extending women the right to drive a genuine move towards gender equality, or a reform brought on by other reasons?
The right to freedom of expression in Turkey
Enlight Studies writer Anahit Karapetyan maps out the laws and logics behind Turkey’s escalating repression of free speech, especially the dissidence against those in power.
Portuguese EU Council Presidency: Any new prospects for solidarity on migration among member states?
Miriam Laux discusses what the Portuguese EU presidency might mean for the future of the European Union’s handling of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, a subject especially interesting as both Europe and the rest of the world grapples with the consequences of the covid-19 pandemic.
Independence between the fear of Scylla and the Charybdis of hope
Gor Madoyan of Enlight Studies offers an important analysis of the history of Armenia, and how it gives insight into the Nagorno-Karabakh Region situation.
Can equitable global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines be achieved?
”We will only be safe anywhere if we are safe everywhere”. What does this mean for the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine? Is it equitable? Can we make it equitable? No doubt these questions are important to ask at this moment in time.
“Do not politicize”. Politics as a means and purpose
How do we distinguish the political from the non-political? Carl Schmitt’s concept of the political is a supremely valuable identifier for the understanding of such categories as the state, the sovereignty, and the political system.