top of page

/
reader favs 2025
The most read pieces of 2025, revisited and embraced by our readers for the insight and inspiration they offered.
Curated from the pieces published exclusively this year and presented in no particular order.


The NATO 5 Percent Objective: A Symptom of Europe’s Security Challenge
There is no common objective of what NATO wants to achieve, be it a common military industrial production facility, increasing the efficiency of its output, or a procurement policy. Rather, Europe made itself content with pleasing the old Trumpian rhetoric, which puts ‘paying’ as the paramount metric to determine what foreign policy to implement.

Marco Dore
Jul 25, 202511 min read


Kawaii Culture and the Erasure of Japan’s Gender Issues
When there is a need, demand follows. The sex industry in Japan has thrived and gotten through the loopholes that the Prostitution Prevention Law still possesses, so widespread to the point that it is becoming one of the most chosen places for ‘sex-tourism. Demands are sourced locally, but the rising number of foreigners engaging in sexual exploitation of vulnerable, freelance sex workers is what is causing the scenario to occur more frequently.

Mai Thu Duong
Jun 28, 20258 min read


Computational Diplomacy: Challenges of Validation and Prospects for Policy Application
Computational diplomacy is expected to not only play a pivotal role in the analysis of international relations but also influence policymakers and foreign policies. If computational modeling and simulation could be employed to evaluate multiple foreign policy options available to a government, ultimately contributing to more informed policymaking, which is evidence-based policymaking in other words.

Kodai Minesaki
Jun 28, 20258 min read


Read My Clothes: Fashion as a Semiotic Strategy in Diplomacy
In today’s chaotically fast-paced world, we often overlook the power of fashion as the strategic language of political messaging. However, in antiquity, long before politicians and diplomats could signal their positions with a single post or a header update on X, garments and colors served as deliberate tools of political expression.

Basak Gizem Yasadur
Jun 28, 20259 min read


Is Global Administrative Law the Answer for AI Regulation?
The increase in the use of AI raises a major question: how to regulate the use of these technologies? The increase in the use of AI raises a major question: how to regulate the use of these technologies?José Ignacio Hernández states that cooperation between States is necessary. However, I do not agree at all with this possibility. Although I am an enthusiast of Global Administrative Law, I do not believe that in the context of such an important issue, this is the solution.

Afonso Oliveira Fachada
May 25, 20254 min read


Fight for Autonomy: The Corsican Conflict
Colonna’s death has become the symbol of a grievance that sees the Corsican people fighting for their autonomy, their cultural emancipation, and their desire to find a way towards development and out of poverty and exclusion.

Marco Dore
May 25, 20259 min read


Words As The First Step Backward
Language is not simply a vehicle for communication; it's a powerful tool for social construction. The words we use to name others, especially those who are different, vulnerable, or historically oppressed, can dignify or dehumanize them. The ideas we repeat shape not only our perception of reality but also our actions toward it.

Miriam Cornejo Rodriguez
Apr 25, 20253 min read


Inside the “EU Bubble” – A Personal and Political Perspective
The EU bubble serves as a powerful example of what can be accomplished through international cooperation.

Miguel García Carretero
Mar 25, 20254 min read


War-Blogging to War-Instagramming: The Evolution of Alternative Media Spheres
The emotional pull of a photograph creates share-ability on social media, challenging the traditional journalism.

Alexandra Walsh
Feb 25, 20257 min read
bottom of page









