Carla Norrlöf

Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto

Long-reads and interviews

"This is not peace, but surrender dressed up as diplomacy." Czech Foreigh Minister Lipavský on talks with Russia

"Success for Russia is failure for the West. Peace talks cannot devolve into mere territorial bargaining."

4 February 2025 — Jan Lipavsky, Foreign Minister of Czechia

Populists' winning edge: how the pandemic still shapes global politics and ways to counter it

The far right has benefited massively from discontent over how the pandemic was managed and how the previous government's decisions about vaccines amounted to "an undemocratic restriction on citizens' freedom."

28 January 2025 — Jan-Werner Mueller, Project Syndicate

Protection from Orbán: how Trump "suspended" the future of Russian assets and what the EU plans to do

The risk of returning of Russia's frozen assets seemed increasingly likely. Brussels had to urgently seek a safeguard against this scenario.

23 January 2025 — Ivan Horodysky, For European Pravda