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picture alliance/TASS | Valery Sharifulin

Democracy and society

The iron hand of the state

Even if the result is already known: the scale of this weekend’s elections in Belarus poses a serious challenge to the Lukashenko regime

By Christopher Forst

picture alliance/dpa | Osamah Yahya

Foreign and security policy

Driven by God (amongst other things)

As a demonstration of solidarity with Gaza, the Houthis have escalated the situation in the Red Sea. But what does the group actually hope to achieve?

By Ahmed Al Maqtari

DPA picture alliance/ DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI

Democracy and society

The peak of repression

Navalny's death is a deep blow for the Russian opposition. Still, not all is lost

By Alexey Yusupov

DPA picture alliance/ Liam McBurney

Democracy and society

Paralysed by the past

In Northern Ireland, the legacy of a 30-year-long conflict remains an open wound. A new functioning government might offer reason for hope

By Éanna Mackey

DPA picture alliance/ Yasser Qudih

Interviews

‘We need a joint vision about the future’

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on the expulsion from Gaza, Israel’s war aims and a possible ceasefire

picture alliance/Associated Press | Dmitry Serebryakov

Democracy and society

Ritual > election

Putin’s only critical challenger is not allowed to run in the elections. Despite its power, the Kremlin is afraid of real alternatives

By Roland Bathon

DPA picture alliance/ Moses Sawasawa

Foreign and security policy

Bye-bye blue helmets

Violence between the military and rebels is escalating in eastern Congo. With the UN peacekeepers due to pull out, who will fill the power vacuum?

By Manuel Wollschläger

DPA picture alliance/ Manuel Balce

Democracy and society

Forewarned is forearmed

Trump represents a longstanding yearning for authoritarianism in America

By Jacob Heilbrunn