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‘It is about building trust, and that takes a long time’

Patrik Hermansson on why people vote for the right and how giving a sense of hope and direction could counter this development

BICC/Ruth Vollmer

Democracy and society

When returning home feels like hell

Migrants returning to their country of origin often face precarious situations. Yet, policymakers cling to ineffective but supposedly quick solutions

By Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek, Katja Mielke, Clara Schmitz-Pranghe, Ruth Vollmer

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Foreign and security policy

The OSCE’s midlife crisis

50 years after its foundation, the OSCE has remained a club of non-like-minded states. But as autocracies rise, the organisation might lose relevance

By Cornelius Friesendorf

Reuters/ Alexander Ermochenko

Democracy and society

The biggest game changer in Russian politics

We don’t know what Prigozhin really intended with his mutiny. But he accidentally revived a preoccupation long thought dead in Moscow — real politics

By Alexey Yusupov

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Work and digitalisation

The inflated sum of AI fears

The 'AI ride' will for sure be bumpy. But the specific changes AI will unleash, on the whole, will be changes for the better

By Michael R. Strain

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Economy and ecology

What a world 1.5 degrees hotter would look like

To mitigate the worst climate change impacts, we need to consider implementing climate solutions outside of the free economic market

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Foreign and security policy

On a tightrope for peace

The Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks are paradoxically dynamic — the closer to a common vision of peace, the higher the chance of military escalation

By Rusif Huseynov

Reuters/Misha Japaridze

Foreign and security policy

Prigozhin: An outsider with an army

The Wagner uprising – despite its short duration – has demonstrated the vulnerability of Putin's power system

By Roland Bathon