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Democracy and society

One last victory for the old order?

Nigeria’s new president will once again be provided by the ruling party. Yet, the Labour Party's remarkable results make it a serious opponent

By Daniel Mann

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Economy and ecology

A social-enterprise development model

Conventional development strategies are losing their effectiveness. A systemic, bottom-up approach is needed for tackling today's complex challenges

By Andrew Sheng, Xiao Geng

Reuters/Vuk Valcic

Democracy and society

Human rights and the power of plain language

To make their messages heard, human rights advocates must move away from overly-complex and clichéd communication towards plain and concrete language

By Nicolas Agostini

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Work and digitalisation

A bright future for the Western Balkan IT industry

A boom in its tech industry has the potential to bring growth to the Western Balkans, where well-paid and high-quality jobs have usually been scarce

By Bojan Stojkovski

Economy and ecology

A geoeconomic tsunami

The reorganisation of the world economy is in full swing. To survive, not only companies but entire nations need to adapt their development models

By Marc Saxer

Reuters/Srdjan Zivulovic

Democracy and society

Europe’s defective democracies

Declining voter turnout and the rise of populist parties: the EU elections are a litmus test for the resilience of European democracy and cohesion

By Susanne Wixforth, Kaoutar Haddouti

Reuters/Yomiuri Shimbun

Democracy and society

Ukraine’s unbelievable resistance

A year after the start of the war, Denis Trubetskoy looks at the hardships of the last months and on the hope that motivates Ukrainians to keep going

By Denis Trubetskoy

Reuters/Gleb Garanich

Economy and ecology

A reality check on divestment from Russia

While most Western corporations with ties to Russia announced plans to exit the country, recent data has shown that very few have followed through

By Simon Evenett, Niccolò Pisani