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Foreign and security policy

Latin America’s unarmed humanitarianism

The war in Gaza also affects Latin American countries. They now worry that Western powers will repeat mistakes that end up worsening the situation

By Monica Hirst, Juan Gabriel Tokatlian, Guadalupe González González, Carlos Luján, Carlos Romero

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Foreign and security policy

The conflict in the Middle East puts Gulf states at risk

To stand any chance of realising their ambitious economic diversification goals, the rulers in the Persian Gulf need regional stability

By Sebastian Sons

Reuters

Democracy and society

How Russian life imitates dystopian art

Those living in Russia today wake up every morning to a new chapter of 1984. ‘This must be a nightmare,’ they tell themselves; yet it is all too real

By Nina L. Khrushcheva

Reuters/ Guillermo Gutierrez

Democracy and society

A game of all-or-nothing

Israel believes it can crush Hamas by force. Instead, a new wave of terror may be looming

By Marcus Schneider

Reuters/Lisi Niesner

Foreign and security policy

A sense of security – gone

Hamas’ attack was aimed at Israel’s very existence. In order to survive, the country must destroy the terrorist organisation’s military capabilities

By Nadav Tamir

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Foreign and security policy

The world of tomorrow

To prevent a global clash of civilisations, where every culture relativises the rules of coexistence, we need to stand by universalist norms

By Marc Saxer

Reuters/Yves Herman

Economy and ecology

Global tax evasion: the good and the bad news

Targeting tax fraud has improved, but the urgency to prevent the rich from benefiting disproportionately from the system remains

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Interviews

‘Feminist foreign policy is a vital response to the chauvinist aggression of Russia’

Russia expert Sabine Fischer on the future of the country, the Kremlin’s influence in Europe and Russian chauvinism