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Democracy and society

Polarisation and the threat to democracy

The US is suffering under a tyranny of unrepresentative minorities. To safe democracy and fight polarisation majoritarian control is needed

By Sheri Berman

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Moldova’s neutrality dilemma

As a neighbour of Ukraine and with its own breakaway region, Moldova finds itself in a changed security context where it must rethink its neutrality

By Denis Cenusa

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

A new arms race on the Korean peninsula?

South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-Yeol, revives the failed North Korea policy of his conservative predecessors — and risks a new arms race

By Benedikt Staar

Pexels

Economy and ecology

Control the vampire companies

Fossil fuel companies, Big Pharma, Big Tech, and agribusinesses have all reaped huge profits in the past two years. It’s time to rein them in

By Jayati Ghosh

Pexels

From my bookshelf

Will traditional wars become rarer?

While the war in Ukraine brutally illustrates the costs of conventional warfare, non-military means are gaining a strategic role in conflicts

By Marius Müller-Hennig

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Is it time for Austria to re-evaluate its neutrality?

In the new security context, which prompted Sweden and Finland to apply for NATO membership, Austria's policy of neutrality seems outdated

By Robert Misik

Reuters

Economy and ecology

How Germany can tackle the looming global sovereign debt crisis

The high indebtedness of many developing countries could trigger a global debt crisis. But the German G7 presidency can point the way forward

By Armand Zorn

Reuters

Interviews

'The Baltic states want to strengthen their security and are prepared to make remarkable sacrifices'

The Baltic states have agreed to stop importing Russian gas. Reinhard Krumm explains why we must take smaller states seriously against uncertainties