North AmericaTrump is abusing his tariff power, too Donald Trump abuses US trade policy for his own interests and without the approval of Congress. That's definitely illegal By Paul Krugman
Future of social democracyBolivia's left stands united Evo Morales' movement might be able to exploit the right's failure to close their ranks ahead of the upcoming elections By Philipp Kauppert
Middle East/North AfricaMoscow's Syria gamble has worked Now the most influential actor in the Middle East, Russia looks positively at its engagement in Syria By Fyodor Lukyanov
EuropeRussia’s path toward a better political capitalism Branko Milanović explains the possible thinking behind Vladimir Putin’s recent clouded constitutional announcements By Branko Milanović
GlobalWhy AI will not abolish work Without new ways of fairly distributing paid and unpaid work, technologies such as AI could bring about a highly divided world By Andrea Komlosy
EuropeWhat Megxit can teach us about Brexit Britain has formally left the EU — and nobody knows what will come next. But perhaps Megxit can give us an idea By Christos Katsioulis
North AmericaWho can defeat Trump? Sanders, Biden, Warren? With the race in Iowa too tight to call, there's just one winner so far: American social democracy By Harold Meyerson
Middle East/North AfricaTrump‘s piece plan Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ offers Palestinians only scattered islets of land. It will bring everything but peace to the region By Hannes Alpen