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DPA picture alliance/ Jonathan Ernst

Work and digitalisation

Teaching Musk the rules of the game

Swedish trade unions have staged a historic strike to force Tesla into a collective agreement. Their success could benefit employees worldwide

By German Bender

picture alliance / Anadolu | Cem Ozdel

Democracy and society

Playing with fire

Senegal’s President Macky Sall unexpectedly postponed the presidential elections, already causing enormous political, social and economic consequences

By Claudia Ehing

Sara Meyer

Democracy and society

Guatemala’s long shadow of corruption

President Arévalo has promised to fight corruption. But he faces the mammoth task of dismantling the deeply flawed structures of his predecessors

By Sara Meyer

picture alliance / Reuters| Sam Wolfe

Foreign and security policy

Europe’s waking nightmare

While Trump is busy campaigning, European leaders are faced with an unnerving question: what will happen if he becomes president again?

By Paul Mason

picture alliance / Associated Press

Interviews

‘Azerbaijan is following an increasingly dark path’

President Aliyev has been re-elected. Bahruz Samadov from Baku on the repression of the opposition and the country’s turn away from the West

picture alliance / Associated Press | Denes Erdos

European integration

Orbán is playing the long game

Hungary’s prime minister failed to prevent the allocation of billions in EU aid to Ukraine. But he was likely focused on something else anyway

By Ernst Hillebrand

picture alliance / NurPhoto | Danil Shamkin

Economy and ecology

Powering peace

Incorporating energy into the Cyprus peace talks could help improve relations, foster cooperation and drive development on the island

By Ahmet Sözen, Laury Haytayan

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Foreign and security policy

Why Iran doesn’t want a war

At the heart of Iran’s aversion to a major conflict are the domestic issues that have been preoccupying the regime

By Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh