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Foreign and security policy

Caught in the crossfire

Following the many Thai victims of the 7 October Hamas attack, the government in Bangkok is facing increased scrutiny and pressure from its citizens

By Thitinan Pongsudhirak

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Democracy and society

Democracy par excellence

A transnational Citizens’ Assembly could enable a deliberative opening far beyond national enclosures and the ‘Brussels bubble’

By Claudia Chwalisz

Reuters/ Sobhan Farajvan

Foreign and security policy

Iran's subtle geopolitical calculations

Iran is accused of being involved in the Hamas attack. But is Tehran really interested in escalating the conflict?

By Hanna Voss

Reuters/ Irakli Gedenidze

European integration

Will Georgia’s European dream become a reality?

Even if the European Council responds favourably and grants Georgia candidate status, its future path towards EU membership could be very murky

By Kakha Gogolashvili

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Foreign and security policy

Venezuela’s Guyana intentions

Is Caracas bluffing? Or are Maduro’s recent moves meant to signal intent, namely, to take Essequibo by force?

By Ivan U. Klyszcz

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Work and digitalisation

The Google trial’s dangerous secrecy

Defending a free and diverse press – a bedrock principle of democracy – should never come second to powerful corporate interests

By Karina Montoya

Reuters/ Justin Makangara

Democracy and society

Hope, struggles and the call for true leadership

In the upcoming elections, the Congolese are driven by the wish for a leader whose love for their country will spurt political action

By Stephanie Jänsch

Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Interviews

‘Every woman around the world has something to learn from Cameroonian women’

Winner of the German Africa Prize, Sally Mboumien, on the ongoing civil war in Cameroon, violence against women and their fight for peace