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Democracy and society

If Trump wins, who, or what, will liberals blame?

A Democratic Party that claims to be defending democracy without bothering to practice it is not going to endear itself to voters it needs to win

By Bret Stephens

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Foreign and security policy

From Kazan, with caution

The BRICS alliance promoted the Global South at its summit in Russia. The promise: to overcome Western hegemony

By Alexandra Sitenko

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Foreign and security policy

Pressure on an atomic level

Israel’s strikes against Hezbollah and Hamas weaken Iran. The country’s will to cross the nuclear threshold is growing

By Ruslan Suleymanov

picture alliance / Reuters | Afolabi Sotunde

Economy and ecology

Green fields, empty coffers

As COP29 nears, global climate negotiators have an opportunity to address a critical oversight: the neglect of food security and agricultural finance

By Kamo Sende

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Foreign and security policy

Call it by its name

There is a quiet political conflict over the name of a key waterway — the Persian Gulf

By Kourosh Ziabari

Pexels

Future of social democracy

But there is a country for old men

Some elderly people struggle to live a dignified life in the EU, but overall young people are worse off

By Jan Zielonka

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Interviews

‘Not all change is good’

Democratic polling strategist Celinda Lake on the upcoming US elections, contested voter blocs, and different voting patterns of men and women

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Foreign and security policy

A flower left to wilt

If the rest of Europe truly wants to support democratic movements in Belarus, it needs to stop seeing the country and its people as a problem

By Andrey Dzmitryeu