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Rousseau’s curse

Jean Jacques Rousseau once argued that even the best made constitutional arrangements cannot function if the people who get to power do not want them to work. At the time, he was reflecting on the government of Poland. Today he might look…

Rinnovare la democrazia

L’avanzata del populismo in Occidente, l’ascesa della Cina a Oriente e l’ubiqua diffusione dei social media inducono a ripensare i meccanismi di funzionamento – o malfunzionamento – della democrazia. La globalizzazione e la rivoluzione…

Now, can we please get Brexit done?

The Brits have spoken again. In less than three years after the 2016 referendum on European membership, the December 12th elections marked the third time citizens endorsed a prime minister to get Brexit done. The outcome of the elections…