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The War Theocracy: The Instrumentalization of Faith in the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
Sins washed away by blood on the front and a war against moral decay: Putin's Russia is not just occupying land, it is occupying minds.

João Pedro Nascimento
5 days ago2 min read


Opinion: Music without musicians? Art under threat from AI
The race for innovation has opened the door to a scenario where entire works are used as input for machines that produce faster, cheaper, and without recognition. Without transparency and without limits, AI threatens to redefine music as an industrial product, not art.

João Pedro Nascimento
Dec 5, 20253 min read


The Architecture of State Violence
In different corners of the world, violence has the same engineer: the State itself. The question is not why it shoots, but why it only appears when it is already too late.

Alisson Geovani Pinheiro
Dec 1, 202511 min read


The Cross and the Oil: what really lies behind Trump’s threat to Nigeria
Donald Trump's recent statement about an alleged genocide in Nigeria reopens the debate about the political use of religion in American foreign policy. Behind the moral discourse, strategic calculations emerge involving China, BRICS, and the balance of power in West Africa.

João Pedro Nascimento
Nov 11, 20255 min read


The New Geography of religion: how the world is becoming less Christian and more secular
Between 2010 and 2020, the world underwent a silent but profound religious transformation. Christianity lost relative share, while Islam and the “non-religious” grew significantly.

João Pedro Nascimento
Jun 20, 20254 min read


Pope Francis and the International Relations
Pope Francis stands out as an influential figure promoting peace, interreligious dialogue and the defense of human rights.

João Pedro Nascimento
Apr 4, 202511 min read


Art as a Propaganda Tool: North Korea
North Korean art is a powerful instrument of state propaganda, influencing the population through socialist realism...

João Pedro Nascimento
Mar 14, 20256 min read


Art in times of war – the Israeli-Palestinian case
Wars exert a profound influence on culture and art, shaping and reflecting social transformations

João Pedro Nascimento
May 15, 202412 min read
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