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Foreign and security policy

The day Berlin started to speak Polish

Poland rejoiced at Germany’s new foreign policy towards Russia. Does this herald a German-Polish security tandem in Europe?

By Bartosz Rydliński

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

How Germany can secure Europe’s strategic independence

Germany’s investment in its neglected defence sector was well received in the US. But it takes more to turn this short moment into a strategic shift

By Rachel Rizzo

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Decoding the German Zeitenwende

Germany’s new government announced nothing short of a paradigm shift in the country’s political, military, and economic policy

By Marc Saxer

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Democracy and society

How women in the Global South reclaim feminism

Female empowerment in the Global South was co-opted by the Western neoliberal development. Now, women are reclaiming their understanding of feminism

By Farah Daibes

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Democracy and society

Japan’s feminist reckoning

In World War II, the Japanese Army forced women and girls into sexual slavery. With ‘Me too’ gaining momentum, it’s time to reckon with the past

By Yoshiko Shimada

Reuters

Democracy and society

Africa’s lost girls

Covid-19’s severe impact on girls’ education in Africa calls for renewed efforts to improve school enrolment rates

By Rasna Warah

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Democracy and society

Are vaccine mandates the solution to end the pandemic?

In an effort to protect their population and the health system, Ecuador, Greece, and Tajikistan have imposed vaccination mandates

By Constantin Groll, Philipp Jahn, Arne Schildberg

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European integration

The return of ‘Cold War’ refugee policy

It’s good that the EU has opened its border for Ukrainians. Yet it only welcomes politically desirable refugees — and not everyone seeking protection

By J. Olaf Kleist