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DPA picture alliance/ Zohra Bensemra

Democracy and society

Global amnesia

After a year of war, Sudan is mired in one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet. How much longer until the international community acts?

By Christine-Felice Röhrs

picture alliance/Reuters | Sam Wolfe

Interviews

‘Inflation is a real president killer’

Political analyst Geoffrey Kabaservice on Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party, Biden’s economic record and his advice to European leaders

picture alliance/Yonhap | Yonhap

Economy and ecology

Saving the planet means saving the world

Sustainability – a restraint from over-consumption – anything but the greedy capitalism that characterises the world economy is the answer

By Lisa Pelling

picture alliance/Zumapress | Aimee Dilger

Democracy and society

Disinformation isn’t the problem

In this super election year, truths become a rare commodity, and the struggle for the sovereignty of interpretation of reality takes centre stage

By Jürgen Neyer

picture alliance/Associated Press | Masanori Genko

Foreign and security policy

The Indo-Pacific chessboard

Shifting alliances and trade agreements are shaping the future of the Indo-Pacific as global powers vie for influence

By Bahri Yilmaz

DPA picture alliance/ Stephen Morrison

Democracy and society

Voting in turmoil

South Sudan is due to hold its first elections this year. However, the ballot threatens to be overshadowed by violence — should it take place at all

By Anna Reuß

DPA picture alliance/ Mosa'ab Elshamy

Democracy and society

A glimmer of hope for West Africa?

Bassirou Diomaye Faye surprisingly won the presidential elections in Senegal. The result heralds a new era in the country’s recent political history

By Claudia Ehing

picture alliance/dpa | Marc tirl

Democracy and society

Post-capitalist pessimism

Post-USSR, the left has struggled to provide an alternative, while conservatism has evolved into the ‘radical right’ — leaving little hope for the future

By Robert Skidelsky