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'The struggle against extremism is unrelenting'

Hasnain Kazim on how hate speech inspires real violence and the need to stand up to radical right-wing forces in Germany

Foreign and security policy

'We won’t get anywhere without China'

To create a safe and sustainable future, we need to find ways how to cooperate with China, explains Germany's former foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel

By Sigmar Gabriel

Reuters

European integration

Britain heads further down the Brexit rabbit-hole

Despite petrol shortages and empty shelves, the Labour Party is adrift — and Johnson may press the Northern Ireland protocol nuclear button

By Paul Mason

Reuters

Economy and ecology

We need more than empty rhetoric on Africa’s youth

Africa is a young continent ruled by the old. But the creativity, talent, ideas, and hopes of African youth can no longer be a sideshow

By Nanjira Sambuli

Reuters

Economy and ecology

What Evergrande signals about China's economic future

Under Xi Jinping's new economic agenda 'common prosperity', China is cracking down on indebted real estate developers like Evergrande

By Alicia Herrero

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

The price of American hegemony in Asia

With AUKUS, the US gets serious about containing China. But Australia and Europe should ask themselves if US primacy in Asia is a worthwhile goal

By Sam Roggeveen

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Foreign and security policy

How the world looks at the German elections

China looks to Germany for its influence in Europe, South Africa hopes for continuity, and Russia doesn't think bilateral relations will improve now

By Alexander Kallweit, Uta Dirksen, Peer Teschendorf

Reuters

Future of social democracy

What does Germany want?

Germany's coalition talks will be tricky. And so remains accepting its role as a leading global actor, writes former US diplomat John Kornblum

By John Kornblum