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picture alliance/dpa | Osamah Yahya

Democracy and society

What red lines?

The Houthis’ methods are strikingly similar to those of the Taliban. Still, the West is letting them continue to define the rules of the game

By Constantin Grund

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Foreign and security policy

A growing Afro-Ukrainian friendship

Ukraine is a relatively new player on the African continent by global standards. But even sceptics must admit: their approach is quite successful

By Iryna Zaporizka

Canva

Foreign and security policy

What does the Global South want?

The great powers are unable to see the new realities of the vast middle, mainly because the Global South remains an enigma they do not understand

By Sarang Shidore

picture alliance / REUTERS | Kevin Lamarque

Democracy and society

‘Rhetorical fireworks of the superstars’

The party convention has given the Democrats a boost of energy. Reinhard Krumm from Chicago on the Harris campaign

By Reinhard Krumm

picture alliance / Ikon Images/ Stuart Kinlough

Foreign and security policy

A global diplomatic vacuum

So far, we haven’t seen any real co-ordinated efforts to end the war in Ukraine. It is high time to address this failure

By Christos Katsioulis, Walter Kemp

picture alliance / Reuters | Arlette Bashizi

Foreign and security policy

Recommitting to pandemic preparedness

New pandemics are almost certain to happen. But the world continues in a familiar cycle of panic and neglect as the lessons of Covid-19 are fading

By Gro Harlem Brundtland

picture alliance / AP | Fernando Vergara

Democracy and society

Maduro’s geopolitical poker

Venezuela’s leader wants to sit out his election fraud with the help of his global partners. But in South America, he is increasingly seen as a threat

By Sandra Weiss

picture alliance / dpa | Roman Pilipey

Democracy and society

When art is all that remains

Before politicians can even articulate their agenda or intentions, art will have already revealed all. Unlike politics, authentic culture never lies

By Nina L. Khrushcheva