News archive 01/2018 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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North America

Iron fist, velvet glove

Trump’s maiden State of the Union address pleaded for unity – and unprecedented presidential powers

By Yascha Mounk

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Economy and ecology

Risky business: insurance against extreme weather is no panacea

Authorities are looking into ways of mitigating the effects of natural disasters and protecting the people who are hardest hit

By Nikolas Scherer

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Interviews

Politics one, justice nil

A 12-years sentence for Brazil’s ex-president Lula is based on smear, not fact, says Niels Annen

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Basic income

Robbing Peter to pay Paul

No wonder universal basic income has so many neoliberal champions. It saps employee power and could actually help dismantle the welfare state

By Anna Coote

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Europe

Post mortem

In December, the Yugoslavia tribunal closed its doors for good. But its legacy of bringing war criminals to justice is still having an impact

By Kei Hannah Brodersen

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Videos

Macedonia could stabilise the Balkans

Macedonian Minister of Defence, Radmila Šekerinska, says that Macedonia's goal of becoming a NATO and EU member state is uniting the country

By Radmila Šekerinska

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European integration

Friends with benefits

The case for granting candidate country status to the EU’s eastern neighbours

By Marco Schwarz

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Global

Davos 2018: call the doctor

How the super-rich created the ‘fractured world’ they claim to want to heal

By Víctor Báez Mosqueira

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Basic income

Basic income’s biggest losers

A guaranteed income costs money. And it’s women and migrants who’ll foot the bill

By Anke Hassel

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Latin America

Rough justice

The trial against Brazil's Lula da Silva is politically motivated and based on flimsy evidence

By Herta Däubler-Gmelin