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Democracy and society

Elections in times of war

In Ukraine, elections were planned for October. But can – and should – a country at war hold free, fair and secure elections?

By Valerii Kalnysh

Tucker Carlson via X

Foreign and security policy

Exchanging glances: Serbia seduces illiberal America

As the US is seeking to improve its relations with Serbia, Belgrade is paying to clean up its image on the other side of the Atlantic

By Lily Lynch

Reuters/Mahamadou Hamidou

Democracy and society

A coup after coup in the Sahel

Since 2020, there have been six coups d'état in francophone West Africa. In all cases, the juntas succeeded in exploiting the ‘anti-French sentiment’

By Boubacar Haidara

Reuters/Lehtikuva/Heikki Saukkomaa

Future of social democracy

It’s all about continuity

The Finnish Social Democrats have a new leader. To regain momentum for his party, Antti Lindtman still has a lot of work to do

By Lauri Finér

Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze

Economy and ecology

A tragic lesson

The Shovi disaster shows the intensification of the effects of climate change in Georgia — the state must prepare itself for future disasters

By Alexey Ovchinnikov

Reuters/Francois Lenoir

European integration

Europe’s fading democracy

In recent years, three developments have all but destroyed the idea of the EU as an effective force for good within and beyond Europe

By Yanis Varoufakis

Reuters/Tatyana Makeyeva

Foreign and security policy

The enemy of my enemy…

Russia is keen to cooperate with anyone with anti-Western policies – including the Taliban – just to claim that it’s not alone with its sentiment

By Ruslan Suleymanov

Reuters/Britta Pedersen

Future of social democracy

Olaf Scholz, the improbable role model

A state that protects the weakest and is a bulwark for democracy — that is the new social democratic paradigm that the chancellor embodies

By Robert Misik