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picture alliance / Xinhua News Agency | Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The new Middle East quartet

Together, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Egypt are offering an opportunity for stability in the region. We should seize it

Interviews

‘The biggest mistake was not believing China’

Marina Rudyak on why understanding China begins with questioning our own assumptions

picture alliance / Newscom | Rafael Ben-Ari

Economy and ecology

The answer is green not guns

The Hormuz crisis triggered global shock. Australia’s response is not the military protection of trade routes but an accelerated energy transition

By Jörg Schmilewski

picture alliance / Anadolu | Ihsaan Haffejee

Democracy and society

The useful enemy

South Africa does not face an ‘immigration crisis’ — but a political system that depends on creating one

By Khanya Burns-Ncamashe

BrAIve new world

Artificial intelligence could unlock enormous wealth. The key question is whether it will be shared widely or remain concentrated in a few hands

By Philipp Mattheis

‘The world suddenly feels much closer’

Foreign affairs analyst Anna Fifield on New Zealand’s search for stability in a world defined by US–China competition and regional uncertainty

picture alliance/dpa | Jan Woitas

To tackle lines and borders

The World Cup shows that when integration and national pride go hand in hand, the outcome is a winning combination

By Daron Acemoglu

picture alliance / Anadolu | Magdalena Chodownik

Cuba’s last hand

This game of poker is ultimately about one thing — who dictates the terms for the country’s transformation

By Sandra Weiss