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The global data divide

The coronavirus is driving digitalisation – which will likely hurt the Global South. And the EU isn't entirely innocent

By Sven Hilbig

Reuters

European integration

How Fidesz and PiS exploit the culture war

They are pushing polarising agendas and devastating socio-economic policies. EU elites only seem to care about the former

By Eszter Kováts, Elena Zacharenko

Pexels

Global

The international order after Covid-19

Crises tend to intensify and accelerate preexisting trends – in this case, the rise of anti-globalist nativism

By Robert Malley

Reuters

Europe

Covid-19 forces Europe to rethink globalisation

Globalisation as we knew it is over, Europe must regain sovereignty over key industries. Nearshoring could be one option

By Camille Rustici

Reuters

Global

Global Quarantine VIII

Romania, Pakistan and Bolivia have to fight against the pandemic and its devastating social consequences at the same time

By Juliane Schulte, Jochen Hippler, Jan Souverein

Reuters

Middle East/North Africa

The EU needs a new Syria strategy

There is no sign of a political opening or a negotiated conflict settlement in Syria. It's time for Europe to change its strategy

By Muriel Asseburg

Reuters

Middle East/North Africa

The corona crisis could trigger a change in Iran’s foreign policy

The pandemic appears to have revealed the limits of Iran's 'Look to the East' strategy for preserving its national interests

By Hamidreza Azizi

Reuters

Middle East/North Africa

The revolution will not be cancelled

For the time being, corona has snuffed out mass demonstrations in North Africa and the Middle East. Yet, it might stoke the region’s revolutionary flames soon again

By Jannis Grimm, Teresa Fehrenbach