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Economy and ecology

Apocalypse or cooperation?

The perfect storm of Covid-19 and climate change will create more instability. But international cooperation can still avert the worst-case scenario

By Jayati Ghosh

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Democracy and society

One year after 'Beirutshima'

One year after the blast at Beirut's port, Lebanon is still suffering. The people are fed up with the ruling elite — and desperate to leave

By Nassim Zoueini

Economy and ecology

Towards global progressiveness

In the 1970s, Global South countries wanted a ‘new international economic order’. Now, we need a new agenda for progressives in the 21st century

By Branko Milanović

Reuters

Democracy and society

All eyes on Central Asia

The political and human catastrophe in Afghanistan is threatening to boost autocratic tendencies in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

By Erica Marat

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Eastern Europe's déjà vu

30 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Eastern European countries are again becoming hostages of powerful states

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

A grey eminence with a dark history

With new President Ebrahim Raisi and his cabinet, Iran's conservatives now hold all levers of power. This will complicate relations with the West

By Rouzbeh Parsi

Reuters

Economy and ecology

To tackle today's crises, we need transformative realism

Neither gradualism nor moral activism will solve today's major crises — from Covid-19 to climate breakdown. Instead, we need a broad social coalition

By Marc Saxer

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Afghanistan is drifting into an uncertain future

After the NATO withdrawal, the Taliban are creating facts on the ground — and seek international support for a future return to power

By Magdalena Kirchner