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Foreign and security policy

Mali is (again) at a crossroads

After two coups d’état, Mali is facing isolation in West Africa and strained relations with Europe. Russia may benefit from the situation

By Christian Klatt

Reuters

Economy and ecology

How crypto is undermining the energy transition

As cryptocurrencies become more energy-intensive, power outages force governments around the globe to pull the plug on crypto mining

By Boris Schneider

Reuters

Democracy and society

What’s really behind Canada’s ‘trucker protests’

The protests were never about truckers, vaccine mandates, or Covid restrictions. Instead, they exposed the threat of home-grown right-wing extremism

By Jordan Leichnitz

Pexels

Economy and ecology

The beginning of a new globalisation

Prior to the pandemic, capital used to move seamlessly, while workers didn’t. Now, this trend could be reversed

By Branko Milanović

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Free the money we need

The fiscal response of rich countries has caused an uneven global economic recovery. The IMF’s reserve asset could counteract this development

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Decapitating terrorist organisations won't end terror

Killing terrorist organisations’ leaders is no effective way of fighting terrorism — as it’s political and economic crises on which terrorism feeds

By Mohammad Abu Rumman

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Europe’s fiscal rules contradict themselves

For the EU’s fiscal rules to actually guarantee sustainable public finances, they urgently need to be reformed — and allow for more public investment

By Pola Schneemelcher

Wikimedia

Future of social democracy

Beyond dystopia

Even though left-wing parties have recently won elections in Europe, there's no progressive Zeitgeist. That's why we need revolutionary art again

By Robert Misik