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Foreign and security policy

A battlefield for influence

The US administration has declared to be ‘all in on Africa’, but how is this perceived in the continent? Views from Ghana, Tanzania and Zamabia

By Johann Ivanov, Elisabeth Bollrich, Fritz Kopsieker

Reuters

European integration

A goal for democracy

In Georgia, football is emerging with renewed vigour — playing an important role in the Europeanisation of the country

By Nino Samkharadze

Reuters/ Stringer

Interviews

'Both see a chance to finally eliminate their arch-enemy'

Christine-Felice Röhrs on the bloody power struggle in Sudan, activities of Russian Wagner mercenaries in the country and chances for negotiations

Reuters/Stephanie Lecocq

Democracy and society

Macron's pension fiasco

The French President's choice to push his reform through is a sign of pure detachment and tells the story of an institutional make-up nearing its end

By Théo Bourgery-Gonse

Reuters/ Morteza Nikoubazl

Foreign and security policy

A deceptive graveyard peace

There are signs of détente in the Middle East. But beneath the surface, it is churning

By Marcus Schneider

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Economy and ecology

Europe’s new energy map

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU has transformed its energy strategy. The Middle East is likely to benefit most from these adjustments

By Edoardo Campanella

Reuters/Ricardo Stuckert

Foreign and security policy

Why Brazil does not deliver weapons to Ukraine

The rejection of non-Western countries to follow NATO lines on Russia does not mean support for the invasion of Ukraine

By Giorgio Romano Schutte

Reuters

Democracy and society

Alternative pathways to justice

The ICC arrest warrant against Putin is but one loud move among the many efforts taking place around the world to prosecute perpetrators

By Mareen Brosinsky