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Interviews

‘The Myanmar junta is isolated and cannot win this war’

Three years after the coup in Myanmar: Thitinan Pongsudhirak on the civil war, the resistance movement and a possible post-war order

picture alliance/dpa/TASS | Oleg Kuleshov

Foreign and security policy

Navigating the nuclear abyss

While Russia suspends the New START Treaty with the US, China continues rearming. Can the demise of nuclear arms control still be averted?

By Steven Pifer

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Economy and ecology

Ukraine is quietly abandoning neoliberalism

Kyiv’s need for self-defence has pushed the country towards the most far-reaching expansion of the state’s economic role since independence

By Luke Cooper

dpa/picture-alliance/Jürgen Effner

Work and digitalisation

Quick solutions = long-term problems

The EU Commission is trying to address the growing challenge of skills shortages by relying on easy-fix solutions, yet overlooking its root causes

By Patricia Velicu, Isabelle Barthès

DPA picture alliance / Yuri Gripas

Economy and ecology

Can the IMF and the World Bank really be changed?

A geopolitical bias, outdated governance and a too market-oriented framework are only some of the structural deficits of these institutions

By Jayati Ghosh

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Andreas Stroh

Economy and ecology

Adapt or perish

If they want to achieve real progress, climate activists should be fundamentally rethinking the tactics of disruption

By Marco Bitschnau

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Foreign and security policy

Echoes of unity

The transatlantic relationship determines European security and global role. A second term for Biden could build on the initial progress made

By Sidonie Wetzig

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Democracy and society

When God supports your war

The Russian Orthodox Church appears to display ever closer links to Putin’s regime and the war — losing followers in the process

By Daria Boll-Palievskaya