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Foreign and security policy

A competition between barbarism and barbarism

Like a modern Franz Ferdinand moment, the killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh, threatens to push the middle east to the brink of a major war

By Marcus Schneider

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Democracy and society

How Kamala Harris can win

The Democratic Party needs a message that reconnects it with the working-class voters it has alienated in recent decades

By Michael J. Sandel

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Foreign and security policy

Belgrade needs a new foreign policy

Serbia is moving closer to Russia and China. The accession candidate is on a collision course with the EU

By Srdjan Cvijic

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Economy and ecology

A just transition

Preserving the British steel industry and protecting the climate: Will the new Labour government succeed in squaring the circle?

By Chaitanya Kumar

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Democracy and society

The Olympic question

There have been long discussions in Ukraine about boycotting the Olympics. However, the country can achieve much more by competing in Paris

By Denis Trubetskoy

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Foreign and security policy

One more to join the BRICS?

While favouring both China and Russia, Azerbaijan remains aloof from democracy and human rights - more so than ever before

By Bahruz Samadov

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Democracy and society

The many (ugly) faces of migration diplomacy

Does migration diplomacy help or hinder migrants’ rights? The answer could depend on future power dynamics

By Jennifer Vallentine, Bram Frouws, Roberto Forin

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Interviews

’Anything is possible, but it won't be easy for the Democrats’

Jörg Wimalasena on Kamala Harris' candidacy and the odds of beating Donald Trump