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Democracy and society

Europe’s last indomitable village

While the far right has swept across Europe, it has failed to take root in Belgium’s south. Could Wallonia be a model for the rest of the continent?

By Daan Delespaul

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Michael Brochstein

Foreign and security policy

Even great powers are dependent on rules

Military superiority can deter adversaries or start wars. It cannot create lasting political order

By Benjamin Dürr

picture alliance / Mary Evans Picture Library

Economy and ecology

Capitalism’s creature

For 250 years, the market economy promised ever-greater progress at the expense of morality. Turns out that is not what Adam Smith had in mind

By Antara Haldar

picture alliance / NurPhoto | Beata Zawrzel

Foreign and security policy

Geostrategic paradox

NATO needs Türkiye more than ever. And yet Erdoğan, of all people, is becoming a growing problem for the Alliance

By Yaşar Aydın

picture alliance / AP Photo/Alastair Grant | Alastair Grant

Democracy and society

The man bringing back hope

People like Andy Burnham because he is different from other politicians in the UK

By Claire Ainsley

picture alliance / Xinhua News Agency | Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Foreign and security policy

The new Middle East quartet

Together, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Egypt are offering an opportunity for stability in the region. We should seize it

By Marcus Schneider

Interviews

‘The biggest mistake was not believing China’

Marina Rudyak on why understanding China begins with questioning our own assumptions

picture alliance / Newscom | Rafael Ben-Ari

Economy and ecology

The answer is green not guns

The Hormuz crisis triggered global shock. Australia’s response is not the military protection of trade routes but an accelerated energy transition

By Jörg Schmilewski