SCRIPTS Blog & Think Pieces

The SCRIPTS blog assembles a variety of analytical views, opinions, and commentaries by members and guest authors. Blog articles are written in an accessible rather than an academic style. Topics vary from up-to-date to more general issues. They all relate to the liberal script in its current varieties, as well as possible future evolutions in its regional and global interrelations.

The SCRIPTS Think Pieces, an open format of opinion pieces, have been merged with the blog and can be found in this list.

A matter of perception: Understanding the EU’s image problem

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 75 by Marlene Ritter

Structural political (un)culture: how Italy's (hidden?) turmoil affects EU strategies

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 74 by Roberta Astolfi

Academic freedom: Are there EU legal standards?

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 73 by Kriszta Kovács

The EU’s geoeconomic statecraft and the next Commission: the unsure fate of (in)formal changes in ‘geoeconomic policymaking’

SCRIPTS Think Piece No. 17 by Jaša Veselinovič

The crucial role of the EU elections in Georgia’s battle against authoritarianism

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 72 by Anastasia Mgaloblishvili

Meloni's "Premierato": Where do representativity and Italian civil society go?

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 71 by Roberta Astolfi

How Does Your Country Rank These Days? On the Reshuffle at the Top of the Nation Brands Index 2023.

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 70 by Jessica Gienow-Hecht

Russia and Hamas? Narrating Contestations of the Liberal Script in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 69 by Alexander Libman

Global Gateway: An Alternative to the Belt and Road Initiative?

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 68 by Lunting Wu

Israel’s “9/11” and Its Consequences

SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 67 by Assaf Moghadam and Thomas Risse