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Work and digitalisation

Everyone involved, no one in charge

Talk of the risks of AI is everywhere. But who is responsible if something goes wrong? It is time for international oversight

By Gabriela Ramos

picture alliance / AP Photo/Eraldo Peres | Eraldo Peres

Democracy and society

Ensnared by success

Lula’s policies have transformed Brazil, and with them, people’s expectations. Now the Left must find answers to these changing demands

By Jan Souverein

picture alliance / imageBROKER | Moritz Wolf

Foreign and security policy

Europe is not losing the sanctions fight

It is undermining them itself

By Svitlana Romanko

picture alliance / Anadolu | Thomas Krych

Interviews

‘Progressives need their own story of national renewal’

Labour MP Liam Byrne on dealing with right-wing populism, national identity and the idea of a radical centre

picture alliance / SvenSimon | Malte Ossowski

Economy and ecology

Europe has an investment problem

Decades of underinvestment and regional disparities have left Europe divided. What is needed is a continent-wide investment strategy

By David Harrison

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European integration

An autumn of enlargement

New partnerships, such as the emerging one with Canada, should complement, not delay, EU enlargement

By Marco Schwarz

picture alliance / Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP

Economy and ecology

Europe, eh?

The EU cannot replace Canada’s largest trading partner. But it could give Ottawa something increasingly valuable: options beyond the US market

By Surjit Singh Flora

picture alliance / AP Photo | Ahn Young-joon

Foreign and security policy

Living with the bomb

North Korea is nuclear-armed. Seoul is adapting: freeze first, disarmament later. But realism comes with risks

By Christoph Heuser