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Foreign and security policy

Turkey's shuttle diplomacy in the Black Sea region

Turkey wants to act as a mediator in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. That's consistent with the inconsistency of Russian-Turkish relations

By Yevgeniya Gaber

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Work and digitalisation

A knife-edge vote against precariousness

With a wafer-thin majority, Spain’s progressive government has passed the most comprehensive reform of labour law in the history of Spanish democracy

By Bettina Luise Rürup

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Democracy and society

Boris Johnson: a political career in freefall

The Conservative Party used to be famed for its pragmatic retention of power. It’s lost that muscle memory

By Paul Mason

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Economy and ecology

How not to get inflation under control

Rising inflation has opened up a debate over state intervention to tackle the issue with price controls. But this could have the opposite effect

By Kerstin Bernoth, Alexander Kriwoluzky

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Future of social democracy

The end of Honduras’ narco-dictatorship

With its new president Xiomara Castro, Hondurans have finally put an end to the narco-dictatorship. But replacing the old order proves to be difficult

By Ingrid Ross

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Democracy and society

China’s Olympic-sized challenge

The upcoming start of the Beijing Winter Olympics has added pressure on China to fight Omicron. But its ‘zero Covid’ strategy is unsustainable

By Björn Alpermann

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Democracy and society

The Global South moves towards vaccine sovereignty

In 2021, Global South countries came out on the short end of vaccine supply deals. In 2022, they are building capacity to produce vaccines themselves

By Svenja Blanke, Felix Kolbitz, Oliver Dickson

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Democracy and society

Why the Democrats need to get behind power politics

Under Trump's leadership, the Republican Party is threatening democracy in America. The Democrats need to wake up and adopt their opponents’ tactics

By Thomas Greven