EuropeA Bismarckian welfare state for the Western Balkans? What Bismarck would say about social protection in times of a changing world of work. A thought experiment By Paul Stubbs
EuropeReigning in the EU’s financiers of austerity A democratic assembly should replace the powerful brokers of the Eurogroup, Thomas Piketty and other thinkers argue By Paul Hockenos
GlobalThe scramble for the Arctic With climate change, geopolitical interests now compete in the Arctic for raw materials, trade routes and military bases By Arne Lietz
Interviews'Revitalise the multilateral project' Before the UN's 75th anniversary, it's time to listen to the people again, says Special Advisor Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond
North AmericaElizabeth Warren’s bold ideas don’t go far enough What America needs are policies to shape the direction of technological development and restore workers' bargaining power By Daron Acemoglu
Interviews'Driven by the same fear' What's going on in France? Luc Rouban on common causes of left and right-wing protests and the role of Macron
North AmericaTrump’s bad. Sadly, he’s not alone How Washington's climate of confusion and cynicism allows Trump to prosper By Maureen Dowd
North AmericaGDP is broken, but we can fix it The statistics keep on rising, but they don’t track the well-being of most Americans. It's time for an adjustment By David Leonhardt