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Economy and ecology

Who can buy their way out of the climate crisis?

To fight climate change, we must find a new way of doing business. The biggest CO2 emitters must help those who can’t afford it but are most affected

By Markus Engels

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Democracy and society

Undemocratic, but still successful with voters

How autocrats convince voters to sacrifice abstract interests like democracy

By Filip Milačić

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Economy and ecology

Insourcing the Ukrainian war-effort

Ukraine's dependence on its partners remains a key vulnerability. The country must become the main coordinator of its wartime economy

By Luke Cooper

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Economy and ecology

Has ECB President Lagarde become unstoppable?

The European Central Bank’s interest-rate rises hold serious risks for the economy and the euro. And its bad communication does not help the situation

By Peter Bofinger

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Foreign and security policy

An end to Germany’s end of history

More than a year ago, Olaf Scholz proclaimed the Zeitenwende. But what this means for the country’s foreign and security policy, no one seems to know

By Reinhard Krumm

Reuters/ Sandra Sebastian

Democracy and society

The return of Guatemala's pact of the corrupt

Eight years ago, there was talk of a 'Central American spring' in Guatemala. But the parallel structures that have once pained the country are back

By Knut Henkel

Reuters/ Jacques Witt

Foreign and security policy

Macron and the future of Françafrique

For France’s ambition to redefine its role in Africa to succeed, it must transcend neocolonial dynamics

By Hippolyte Fofack

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European integration

Leaving defenselessness behind

In the current security context, Europe’s ability to defend itself can only become a reality through setting up a Europeanised defence industry

By Lucas Hellemeier, Michelangelo Freyrie