In March 2020, the Syrian Ministry of Health and the administration of Daraa's National Hospital refuted rumours of cases of Covid-19 and asserted that Daraa governorate was free of the virus. Although the rumours stemmed from insecurity, the growing civilian fear and suffering resulting from...

The Conference brought together some of the best experts to assess democracy in Europe and the current world crisis' impact on the elections of 2013 and 2014. The rationale of the Conference departs from considerations of how decisions made at the European level to respond to the crisis are...

In the 2022 local administrative council elections, as in earlier local and parliamentary elections, the Baath Party maintained its dominant role. It put up a large number of Baathist candidates for the purpose of propaganda, organised the electoral process and controlled the results....

This policy brief outlines the prospects, challenges, and potential directions for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the judiciary, using Estonia as a case study. It summarises various perspectives on the use of technology and especially AI in the justice sector drawing on the...

On 7 December, the European Parliament (EP) and the European University Institute (EUI) held a joint history roundtable on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the 1976 Electoral Act, which introduced direct elections to the European Parliament. The event, organised by the Robert Schuman...