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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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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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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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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

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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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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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Friends with benefits

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

By Marco Schwarz

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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’s biggest losers

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

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Rough justice

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

By Herta Däubler-Gmelin