Jak bude vypadat svět po koronavirové pandemii? A nežijeme v něm jižnějakou dobu? Neučinila pandemie jen zřejmějšími dlouhodobé trendy? Jakby se měly na ekonomickou krizi v době deglobalizace připravit národnístáty a jak Evropská unie? Ivan Krastev…
Building on an original dataset, this article focuses on the interactions between NATO and its declared worldwide partners. It argues that the analysis of these interactions can reveal NATO’s strategic approach to partnerships, but it can also…
This paper focuses on framing as a social movement’s transnationalstrategy. Applying the cultural approach to framing analysis, it investigateshow the Gülen movement, as a social group with restricted access tonational gatekeepers, uses discourse to…
The discourse on the infodemic constructs the combination of thepandemic and disinformation as a new source of insecurity on a globalscale. How can we make sense – analytically and politically– of this newlypoliticized nexus of public health,…
What are the effects of populists in power on democracy during apandemic? The paper seeks to distinguish the extent to which the COVID-19pandemic can (not) be traced to democratic erosion and democraticresilience. Are the changes in the quality of…
An emerging literature has shown concerns about the impact of thepandemic on the proliferation of digital surveillance. Contributing to thesedebates, in this paper we demonstrate how the pandemic facilitates digitalsurveillance in three ways: (1) By…
This contribution reviews and comments on recent scholarship on thepolitics of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on how vulnerability wasconstructed and studied. We reflect on the various meanings ofvulnerability and suggest political science should go…
Drawing on the concept of vaccine diplomacy, the article analyses Russia’se!orts to promote its Sputnik V vaccine and the repercussions this had intwo Central European EU member states which authorized the use of theRussian vaccine. The authors argue…
With the Covid-19 pandemic dominating the agenda, it seems almostnatural that it be associated with another buzzword: populism. As thepandemic advances, it seems that the prediction of populism surviving thepandemic due to its own diversity has been…
What is care and who is paying for it?Valuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care workmore monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go so muchfurther.As the world becomes seemingly more uncaring, the calls for people to…