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The price that has to be payed

The world needs new tax rules. The UN might soon decide whether multinationals and the super-rich will pay their fair share

picture alliance / photowerkstatt | Mike Schmidt

Democracy and society

The seduction of the drumbeat

Anyone who describes war primarily as a source of courage, creativity and social renewal runs the risk of no longer seeing it for what it is

By Nikolaos Gavalakis

picture alliance / Hans Lucas | Denis Meyer

Democracy and society

Security starts locally

As Europe hardens its security agenda, it risks weakening the local foundations on which resilient societies and credible partnerships depend

By Lassi Murto

pa / United Archives / kpa Publicity

Foreign and security policy

The zombification of America

A post-American world? Apparently not so bad after all. The collapse of the world order is going much better than expected

By Stephen Marche

CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 | vpickering

The art of uncertainty

Like great art, the economy cannot be reduced to a single perspective. Neither can good economic policy

By Angus Armstrong

pa / NurPhoto | Jakub Porzycki

The Magyar recipe

A positive form of populism? Péter Magyar’s victory shows that if you want to beat illiberal forces, voters’ fears must be addressed, not dismissed

By Eszter Kováts

picture alliance/United Archives | United Archives / kpa Publicity

The America that broke my mother’s heart

The times when a communal creative introspection swept across the US have long gone — to the detriment of us all

By Yanis Varoufakis

picture alliance / Westend61 | Gary Waters

Did you take the red pill yet?

The manosphere is no longer fringe. Backed by algorithms and money, it is reshaping politics one grievance at a time

By Samantha Elia