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Economy and ecology

Reconstruction begins where sanctions end

The lifting of US sanctions marks a turning point for Syria and its new president, offering more than 20 million people hope for a better future

By Marcus Schneider

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Metin Yoksu

Democracy and society

What seems like the end is only the beginning

Turkey gets the dissolution of the PKK — but not the start of a solution

By Stefan Hibbeler

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Democracy and society

Pope Francis opened the door for queer Africans

— will Pope Leo XIV keep it open?

By Zikora Ibeh

picture alliance / Reuters | Zaydee Sanchez

Foreign and security policy

A region redefined

Trump’s coercive foreign policy is accelerating US decline in Latin America and the Caribbean, opening the door to new alliances

By Guadalupe González González, Monica Hirst, Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

picture alliance / Zumapress.com | Lab Ky Mo

Democracy and society

Social justice in crisis

In the UK, a supposedly progressive government is taking a leaf out of the right-wing playbook by slashing disability benefits

By Kate Pickett

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Economy and ecology

Cargo kings and cocaine rings

Rotterdam’s fight against drug smuggling shows that public and private forces, when united, can set a new standard for European port security

By Richard Van Herzeele

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Democracy and society

Longing for peace: how the Kremlin co-opted Victory Day

What once was the most important and sacred national holiday for Russians has become a day of shame

By Daria Boll-Palievskaya

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European integration

The European miracle

Why Europe’s future is built on the ruins of the past — and what is at stake today

By Martin Schulz