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European integration

A country to envy?

Thirty years after reunification, Britain still does not really know what it wants of Germany. But the tide might be turning

By John Kampfner

Reuters

Interviews

'Can Vivaldi keep the country together?'

After 493 days of negotiations, Belgium finally has a new government. Daniel Kopp in Brussels on why that won't put an end to the country's polarisation

Reuters

Future of social democracy

This is how Biden should approach the Latino vote

Some ways of talking about race and class are more effective politically. And not just with Hispanics

By Ian Haney Lopez, Tory Gavito

Reuters

Future of social democracy

The ‘bazooka’: Modern Monetary Theory in action

Large-scale injections of money to bring economies out of the coronavirus coma have vindicated Modern Monetary Theory

By Peter Bofinger

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Interviews

'Decolonisation is also a movement of money'

Vanessa Ogle on the link between decolonisation and the expansion of tax havens — and the problems it creates today

Reuters

Democracy and society

Moria: a catastrophe by design

Years of malign neglect by Greek and EU authorities didn't just create an inhumane present — it also sows the seeds of a toxic future

By Nick Malkoutzis

Reuters

Interviews

'The potential of mutual destruction has grown massively'

Armenia and Azerbaijan are in a state of war. Felix Hett on the violent clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

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Foreign and security policy

Debt relief? Thanks, but no thanks!

Developing countries have been hit particularly hard by the effects of the pandemic. So why have some rejected debt relief?

By Jürgen Kaiser, Elise Kopper