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Foreign and security policy

MINUSMA leaving Mali is no good news

The end of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali has serious consequences — for the security in the region and for humanitarian engagement on the ground

By Christian Klatt

Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Foreign and security policy

One summit amongst many

For India, the upcoming BRICS summit is just a sideshow — the most populous country on earth has larger ambitions

By Christoph P. Mohr

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Future of social democracy

Europe's housing nightmare

Mice in the kitchen, holes in the ceiling — what seems like a terrible situation might present a dream for many people in need of affordable housing

By Alena Bieling

Reuters/Yuya Shino

Foreign and security policy

Japan’s security and defence policy in flux

Japan needs to adopt a kind of realism that emphasises the complex problems in dealing with China and does not resort to military means alone

By Seiko Mimaki

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Foreign and security policy

A bitter battlefield stalemate

The Ukrainian counter-offensive is faltering. Instead of endlessly supplying new weapons, the West should cooperate in the preparation of peace talks

By Helmut W. Ganser

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Economy and ecology

How to get away with sanctions, Russian-style

There are nearly 15,000 sanctions on Russia. And yet, it manages to bypass the toughest of them

By Anna Romandash

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Interviews

‘Hardliners argue that South Korea should have its own nuclear weapons’

South Korean public support for going nuclear is increasing. Moon Chung-in on the country’s nuclear debate and its relations with the US and Japan

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Economy and ecology

A war on food

While missiles are destroying thousands of tonnes of grain in Odessa intended to go through the grain corridor, hunger will hit the most vulnerable

By Viktoriia Hubareva