News archive 08/2018 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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The myth of secular stagnation

Ten years after the 2008 financial crisis, it's clear that its challenges were and still are less economic than political

By Joseph E. Stiglitz

Reuters

Take Africa seriously!

Germany‘s Africa policy is still stuck in old models and urgently needs a paradigm shift. Six recommendations

By Robert Kappel

Reuters

Next one, please!

After infighting in the Liberal Party, Australia now has its sixth leader in eight years. That's an electoral gift to Labor

By Peter Browne

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Will the real left-winger please stand up?

It’s time for the left to decisively oppose turbo-capitalism and form new alliances

By Ludger Volmer

Reuters

The impossible principle of equality

Israeli sociologist Natan Sznaider on the nation-state law and one-state solution

By Natan Sznaider

Reuters

Not a done deal

The British Labour Party faces growing calls to support a public vote on the terms of Brexit

Reuters

Greeks have lost confidence in their politicians

After the last bailout programme for Greece has ended, the recovery of the country looks still uncertain

By Ulrich Storck

Reuters

The Brazilian Trump

How Jair Messias Bolsonaro is preparing a grab for power with support from business, evangelicals and the military

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Germany shouldn't learn to love the bomb

The current debate about Germany developing nuclear weapons is as wrong as it was in 1957

By Tobias Fella

Reuters

The promise of liberal identity politics

There is no such thing as identity-less politics. That's why liberals have to embrace an inclusive approach to identity politics

By Andrés Velasco