News archive 07/2017 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Racists can be left-wing too

Like to think of yourself as liberal? Don’t congratulate yourself too quickly – your attitude might actually be hampering Muslims

By Ahmad Mansour

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Islamism and ignorance

How denial of Islamist ideology promotes terror

By Maajid Nawaz

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Visa-free EU travel: passport to peace and prosperity?

Three more post-Soviet states are edging towards EU integration, with two now unfreezing national conflicts

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Close, but no cigar

Can Cuba’s imminent economic, social and political overhaul provide the brighter future it has craved since Castro?

By Lenier González Mederos

EPA

Why the left should be open to open borders

Unless we strive towards openness, nationalism will eat our societies from the inside

By Lisa Pelling

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Security by the back door

Japanese MP Shôichi Kondô discusses a controversial anti-terror law that critics say weakens civil liberties

By Shoichi Kondo

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Say it with feeling

Germany is Europe’s de facto leader. But it needs to change its style

By Claire Demesmay and Jana Puglierin and Julian Rappold

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A banking union without unity

Italy’s banking crisis highlights an urgent need to Eurozone reform

By Jan Cornillie

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Turn left. The other left!

East European politicians aren’t more xenophobic. They just understand their voters better

By Marcus Roberts

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Europe gets tough

The EU is moving towards a more integrated defence policy – with the tacit blessing of its citizens

By Anna Maria Kellner