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Interviews

‘The willingness to compromise has risen steadily’

Felix Hett on the Ukrainian perception of Trump’s peace plan and the likelihood of its success

picture alliance / Associated Press | Abdel Kareem Hana

Interviews

‘The two-state solution is back on the agenda’

Former Israeli Justice Minister Yossi Beilin on the fragile ceasefire and how Israel’s 2026 elections could shift the prospects for peace

No to Techno-Authoritarianism

Work and digitalisation

No to techno-authoritarianism

Black Friday reminds us who pays the price for Amazon’s booming profits and the political deals driving them

By Oliver Roethig

picture alliance / Ikon Images | Stuart Kinlough

Work and digitalisation

Innovation nation

Europe’s future growth and democratic stability depend on universities stepping up their innovation game

By John Austin, Andy Westwood

picture alliance/AP Photo | Ben Curtis

Democracy and society

What the African continent teaches us about democracy

The coups and crises are the breaking point of a flawed model, not the end of the democratic project

By Abubakar Sidiq Jaafar

picture alliance / Anadolu | Houssam Shbaro

Foreign and security policy

Will Hezbollah surrender their weapons?

Calls to disarm Hezbollah are mounting — but lasting peace is impossible without a Lebanese state that can reclaim real sovereignty over its own land

By Verena El Amil

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Work and digitalisation

No sweet rape

Algorithms meant to protect users now silence those who speak plainly about sexual violence, forcing euphemisms where truth should stand

By Zikora Ibeh

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Future of social democracy

Power without the people

What democracy needs is not nostalgia, but reinvention. It must become participatory again — not just in name, but in practice

By Rachel Beatty Riedl