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Economy and ecology

In Cuba, it's the end of an era

Raúl Castro's departure marks the end of an era — and coincides with Cuba's worst crisis in decades. His successors face a daunting task

By Ricardo Torres Pérez

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Democracy and society

Erdoğan is feeling the heat

Growing economic pains and a more united opposition threaten the Turkish President's grip on power. His regime resorts to ever more state repression

By Seren Selvin Korkmaz

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Work and digitalisation

A shrinking and expanding world

While the pandemic has equalised the access of knowledge around the world, the side-effects will be felt disproportionally in the global labour market

By Branko Milanović

Democracy and society

Europe, get off your sofa and do something about Myanmar!

With the rising violence in Myanmar, the EU is yet to impose targeted sanctions and stand up to Russia’s and China’s backing of the junta

By Frank Hoffer

Reuters

Democracy and society

The Orbanisation of Slovenia

Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Janša has learned from Orbán’s and Trump’s playbook how to slowly dismantles the free press and rule of law

By Tanja Fajon

Reuters

Interviews

'The deep divisions in the left camp were decisive'

Instead of a victory for the Left, Ecuador now has an arch-conservative and neoliberal president. Constantin Groll in Quito explains what happened

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Work and digitalisation

Changing employment in the age of labour platforms

The Covid-19-induced exponential growth in digital labour platforms forces us to circle back to basic questions about the nature of work

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Economy and ecology

A debt pandemic is engulfing the Global South

Covid-19 is not the only pandemic ravaging across the Global South. A debt pandemic threatens to prevent developing countries' recovery

By Daniel Munevar