Economy and ecology | 08.07.2025 Harder, better, faster, stronger The BRICS summit in Rio shows that the group is more economically significant and politically present than ever before
Foreign and security policy | 03.04.2025 Brussel’s new crush The EU is making eyes at Central Asia. Is it a match made in diplomacy?
Foreign and security policy | 25.10.2024 From Kazan, with caution The BRICS alliance promoted the Global South at its summit in Russia. The promise: to overcome Western hegemony
Foreign and security policy | 22.04.2024 Peacemaker wanted Kazakhstan maintains good relations with Russia and Ukraine. The country would be perfectly suited to mediate negotiations and end bloodshed
Foreign and security policy | 28.09.2023 The Central Asian states are stepping up their game Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan show new self-confidence in world politics — and attract the interest of other powers
Foreign and security policy | 22.08.2023 The race for the Global South Major powers can no longer enforce their national interests unilaterally or against the will of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America
After the protests is before the reform Madagascar’s youth-led protests have brought down a president, but without structural reform, old habits of power will persist
Why conscription is the wrong answer The revival of this question means a failure of political imagination and democratic governance, both for Europe’s youth and its history of peace
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