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Foreign and security policy

Flipping the table

Once a global leader, the US now obstructs the very goals it helped build — with global development falling victim to domestic politics

By Mark Leon Goldberg

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Foreign and security policy

The future of European defence

For years, Eastern Europe was largely seen as a back-office tech outsourcing hub. Today, Ukraine is spearheading a new wave of defence start-ups

By Bojan Stojkovski

Chatgpt

Work and digitalisation

Fair work is possible

Insecure or precarious work is not inevitable. It was created intentionally, by dismantling or circumventing employment law regulations

By Mirko Herberg, Monica Tepfer

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Democracy and society

Charting its own path

The developments in Venezuela are deeply troubling. For that very reason, the region can no longer afford to look the other way

By Anja Dargatz

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Foreign and security policy

Riviera of ruins

Israel’s new offensive in Gaza is leading to famine and mass displacement. Germany cannot stand idly by for any longer

By Muriel Asseburg

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Democracy and society

Cracks in the palace

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor aimed to dismantle the opposition. Instead, it united over 13 million citizens in political solidarity

By Yaşar Aydın

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Democracy and society

Quo vadis, Poland?

Liberal persistence or further right-wing radicalisation? Poland’s presidential election is a dress rehearsal for Europe’s future

By Michał Szułdrzyński

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Foreign and security policy

With eyes wide open

The escalation between India and Pakistan has put Kashmir in the global spotlight again. The conflict could become even more dangerous in the future

By Christian Wagner, Tobias Scholz