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Foreign and security policy

When distant wars hit close to home

From fuel prices to defence gaps, Africa’s reliance on global systems is being tested by far-off crises. Stronger local frameworks are needed

By Zikora Ibeh

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Economy and ecology

Trump has wrecked the US economy

Less than six months into his second term, a good economy that Donald Trump turned bad is about to get much worse

By Laura Tyson, Lenny Mendonca

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Future of social democracy

Hate is not a value

During wartime, nationalism can be a source of self-identification — or radicalism. Young people need progressive leaders, not slogans or coercion

By Bohdan Ferens

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Foreign and security policy

One thing is certain

Negotiations are the only way to permanently end Iran’s nuclear programme

By Rolf Mützenich

Interviews

‘The two-state solution remains the only viable path’

Amr Moussa, former Secretary-General of the Arab League, on the situation in the Middle East, Egypt’s role and the future for Palestine

picture alliance / via REUTERS | BEN STANSALL

Foreign and security policy

The price of obedience

Europe must stop blindly obeying Trump’s five-percent demand and start building real military power — or suffer the consequences

By Sven Biscop

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Future of social democracy

Restoring lost livelihoods is essential for saving democracy

Trump owes his electoral success to workers without college degrees who feel betrayed by the system. The onset of AI will make this problem much larger

By Mordecai Kurz

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Future of social democracy

A greener kind of red

GroenLinks and PvdA have merged to shift Dutch politics to the centre. But internal divisions could derail their ambitions

By René Cuperus