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Illiberalism: Protest against Poland’s Law and Justice Party during the 2020 abortion ruling protests. Demonstrators challenge illiberal restrictions on women’s rights. Photo by Jakub Chlebda

The Rise of Illiberalism: A Threat to Liberal Democracy

Illiberalism is not a temporary deviation, but a coherent ideological formation—one that seeks to reshape liberal democracy by redefining political inclusion, institutional authority, and the distribution of rights.

Marie Moncada

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How Neoliberalism Reshaped Democracy After 1989

The Fall of the Berlin Wall marked not only the end of the Cold War, but the beginning of a new era in which neoliberalism reshaped the foundations of European democracy.

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Is Law Still Written in Stone? Rethinking Legal Semiotics

Sculpture of a seated woman holding a book and a small figure of Justice, representing thoughtful interpretation of law outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Are Ukrainian Refugees Still Welcome in America?

Protest in support of Ukrainian refugees in front of the White House, Washington, D.C.

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Is Violence Shaped More by Place—or by Perception?

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Why NATO’s Arctic Expansion Is Now Backfiring

Royal Marines conduct an Arctic beach assault during NATO’s Cold Response exercise in Harstad, Norway

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Why Is Studying Philosophy Still Vital in the Age of AI?

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Why Political Identity Feels Like Moral Faith Today

When political identity adopts the symbols of faith, allegiance becomes sacred and opposition heretical.

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Who Defines Hate Speech? Law, Platforms, and Political Power

Members of the American Life League, a conservative Catholic organization, protest comedian Bill Maher for allegedly promoting anti-religious speech. The call to 'Stop Hate Speech'—here used against secular criticism—illustrates how the term has become a tool claimed across ideological lines, shaped less by content than by contested moral frameworks.

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Can Democracy Survive Normative Artificial Intelligence?

Visualizing Normative AI: When algorithms don't just calculate but prescribe, democracy must reckon with code as a silent legislator.

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The Return of the Enemy: Carl Schmitt in 2025

Carl Schmitt en Plettenberg, en 1978.Wolfgang Haut

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Why ‘Ideology’ Has Become a Weapon Once Again

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Selected Works in Social Sciences and Humanities

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