Shifting blame onto international organisations for negative outcomes is generally expected to be a common strategy of national politicians. But research reveals that leaders use this tactic far less often — and far less successfully — than we think....

Thirty years after Susan Strange’s ''The Retreat of the State'', Lucía Bosoer explores the shifting boundaries of political authority in a world where Big Tech wields significant structural power, but the State shows no clear signs of retreat. ...

In this EUIdeas piece, Science Diplomacy Fellow Angela Liberatore reflects on the legacy of the Chernobyl/Chornobyl nuclear disaster and how it has influenced policy, crisis response, and wartime concerns over the 40 years since the accident. ...