Democracy and society | 28.02.2025 Less bureaucracy or less accountability? With business lobbies pushing hard, the EU is rolling back key elements of its Supply Chain Law — leaving workers and the environment vulnerable
Africa | 01.04.2020 The EU's Africa strategy falls short Based on a skewed analysis, the EU's new Africa strategy fails to take stock of problems its policies have caused
Global | 27.01.2020 The EU's toothless trade policy The EU Commission fails to enforce trade agreements' social and environmental norms. Just look at the case of South Korea
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