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The search for a ‘We’

The right has a definition. Social democracy is still struggling to find an answer. Andy Burnham could change that

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Economy and ecology

Can the IMF help restore Senegal’s room to manoeuvre?

In 2025, an audit exposing massive hidden debts plunged Senegal into crisis. A new loan agreement might offer some relief

By Elisabeth Bollrich

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Foreign and security policy

The Sahel’s new dependency

The Sahelian juntas promised greater sovereignty. Their reliance on Russian forces may be producing the opposite

By Zikora Ibeh

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Democracy and society

Experts call this normalisation

Four years of right-wing rule have shifted Sweden’s political centre. Can the left reverse the trend?

By Kristina Birke Daniels

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A lesson from the North

Few countries depend on the US as heavily as Canada — yet it is standing up to Trump. Europe should take note

By Jordan Leichnitz

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Bernie and Mamdani did it, can the rest of the progressives?

The American left is focusing on social issues again. It must now prove that this approach will help it win back the working-class voters it has lost

By Justin Vassallo

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Adiós sovereignty

After years of authoritarian rule, many Venezuelans see US control as a way out of political decay — making the new protectorate surprisingly stable

By Anja Dargatz

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A defining moment for Albania

Three months of protests have turned a flamingo into an unlikely symbol of a much bigger fight

By Ditmir Bushati