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picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Joey Sussman

Twilight of the hegemon

Trump’s war with Iran was intended to weaken Tehran. Instead, it has ended in a geopolitical debacle for Washington

picture alliance / IPON | Stefan Boness

Future of social democracy

Fewer rights, bigger profits

Flexible labour markets often mean fragile lives — and weaker economies

By Veronica Nilsson

picture alliance / AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino | Alessandra Tarantino

Work and digitalisation

God vs Google

If the Pope speaks more clearly than most governments on AI, politics has a problem

By Marc Frings

picture alliance/Xinhua News Agency/Zhang Chenlin

Economy and ecology

The state is back in business

The challenge for governments is no longer whether to intervene in the economy — but how to do it when the future is unpredictable

By Yuen Yuen Ang

pa / Captital Pictures | CNP/ADM

An (a)political World Cup

Trump is dreaming of a fairy-tale summer. But war, repression and travel bans could cast a shadow over the football tournament

By René Wildangel

picture alliance / dpa | Sergey Dolzhenko

‘These are no longer amateurs with billboards’

EPF Director Neil Datta on the growing power of anti-gender movements, their increasing professionalisation and the role of religion

picture alliance / empics | Jane Barlow

The myth of the deserving billionaire

While the rich get the benefit of every doubt, the poor are viewed as requiring discipline. Why?

By Teresa Ghilarducci

picture alliance / REUTERS | Anatolii Stepanov

A negotiating table built on illusions

As long as the Kremlin sticks to its maximum demands, Ukraine does not need mediators — but strong allies

By Denis Trubetskoy