Economy and ecology | 05.01.2022 Breathing in new life into the European fiscal monster Covid-19 has shown how European fiscal rules are based on outdated economic assumptions. These need to be reworked
Europe | 15.07.2020 The EU's recovery fund faces two stumbling blocks Opposition from the 'frugal four' and the allocation of funds call into question whether this can truly be Europe’s moment
Europe | 06.04.2020 Not all eurobonds are the same To dispel fears of potential state-to-state transfers, eurobonds could be guaranteed by an annual ‘citizenship contribution’
Endgame regime change? Many believe that a new regime will automatically fix Iran’s crises. But without civic education and social reform, democracy won’t stand
Demand tolerance, not love A shift in the demands and objectives of the human rights project has led activists to adopt a sanctimonious tone — fuelling the anti-rights backlash
Downfall of a superstar Germany’s humiliating defeat in the race for a UN Security Council seat reveals the price of a foreign policy increasingly seen as hypocritical abroad