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Democracy and society

What the African continent teaches us about democracy

The coups and crises are the breaking point of a flawed model, not the end of the democratic project

By Abubakar Sidiq Jaafar

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Foreign and security policy

Will Hezbollah surrender their weapons?

Calls to disarm Hezbollah are mounting — but lasting peace is impossible without a Lebanese state that can reclaim real sovereignty over its own land

By Verena El Amil

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Work and digitalisation

No sweet rape

Algorithms meant to protect users now silence those who speak plainly about sexual violence, forcing euphemisms where truth should stand

By Zikora Ibeh

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Future of social democracy

Power without the people

What democracy needs is not nostalgia, but reinvention. It must become participatory again — not just in name, but in practice

By Rachel Beatty Riedl

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Foreign and security policy

28 points later

The EU has deprived itself of a negotiating channel with Russia by rejecting any dialogue with Putin. Now, the fate of Ukraine is in Trump’s hands

By Christos Katsioulis

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Interviews

'Moral outrage is not enough'

Raphaël Glucksmann on the crisis of social democracy, overdue self-criticism and the looming election victory of the right wing in France

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Work and digitalisation

Why we should tax AI

Taxing AI is not about punishing innovation. It’s about ensuring that the rewards are shared and the risks are managed in the public interest

By Kevin O’Neil

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Foreign and security policy

Life in the red zone

The Trump plan divides the Gaza Strip, perpetuating the suffering. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council is playing along

By René Wildangel