Articles
Democracy and society
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06.10.2022
The UN as a collective-security organisation has failed — with as much influence on war and peace as any other person on this planet
Foreign and security policy
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27.06.2022
Who could soften the dire effects of the war in Ukraine on the Global South? China could — by selling its US assets and launching a special fund
Democracy and society
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25.04.2022
The seizure of Russian oligarchs’ assets may change the way billionaires globally will stash their money — and think about the rule of law
Economy and ecology
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21.02.2022
Prior to the pandemic, capital used to move seamlessly, while workers didn’t. Now, this trend could be reversed
Democracy and society
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13.12.2021
The geopolitical tension between the US and China has become an ideological clash. Like in the Cold War, the US is trying to divide the world
Economy and ecology
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18.10.2021
‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics’ is replicating US inequalities. There are three types — and some are more difficult to tackle than others
Economy and ecology
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17.08.2021
In the 1970s, Global South countries wanted a ‘new international economic order’. Now, we need a new agenda for progressives in the 21st century
Economy and ecology
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27.05.2021
African countries are often marginalised in global economic and political debates. But they are not powerless to change it
Work and digitalisation
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20.04.2021
While the pandemic has equalised the access of knowledge around the world, the side-effects will be felt disproportionally in the global labour market
Foreign and security policy
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10.02.2021
Whether they admit it or not, many in the US establishment are following in Trump’s footsteps with their anti-China policy
Future of social democracy
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08.12.2020
While some talk of ‘deglobalisation’, the pandemic will push forward the globalisation of labour
Future of social democracy
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23.09.2020
The belief that progressive politics today can recreate the benign conditions for post-war social democracy is a mirage
Global
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16.07.2020
Historic decisions by authoritarian leaders today will leave a legacy nigh impossible to reverse in the future
Asia
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21.04.2020
China’s political system failed to respond effectively to a threat that then affected the world. How to prevent that in the future?
Global
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09.03.2020
The coronavirus is reminding some of the world’s privileged what it is like to experience daily stigmas
Europe
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04.02.2020
Branko Milanović explains the possible thinking behind Vladimir Putin’s recent clouded constitutional announcements
Global
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19.11.2019
How globalisation has allowed small states to become major players and big cities to outgrow their nation-states
Global
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05.08.2019
After all the struggles for universale suffrage, we should continue to improve democratic elections with weighted voting
Europe
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19.06.2019
Facism, nationalism, class struggle: simplistic comparisons of today’s politics with the early 20th century are mistaken
Global
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26.03.2019
With neoliberalism, the ethos of private gain came to dominate our political culture. Now, we have a crisis of trust in politics
What’s gone wrong with capitalism?
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18.04.2018
The economist Branko Milanović on rising inequality and the threats it poses to democracy