Global Quarantine IX

In the corona crisis, a strong welfare state can prevent the worst. Latvia, Honduras, and Guatemala however are struggling

By Peer Krumrey and Ingrid Ross

'The real division is between democracy and oligarchy'

Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on the methods of the big corporations, citizens' anger and how to beat Trump

The global data divide

The coronavirus is driving digitalisation – which will likely hurt the Global South. And the EU isn't entirely innocent

By Sven Hilbig

How Fidesz and PiS exploit the culture war

They are pushing polarising agendas and devastating socio-economic policies. EU elites only seem to care about the former

By Eszter Kováts and Elena Zacharenko

The international order after Covid-19

Crises tend to intensify and accelerate preexisting trends – in this case, the rise of anti-globalist nativism

By Robert Malley

Covid-19 forces Europe to rethink globalisation

Globalisation as we knew it is over, Europe must regain sovereignty over key industries. Nearshoring could be one option

By Camille Rustici

Global Quarantine VIII

Romania, Pakistan and Bolivia have to fight against the pandemic and its devastating social consequences at the same time

By Juliane Schulte and Jochen Hippler and Jan Souverein

The EU needs a new Syria strategy

There is no sign of a political opening or a negotiated conflict settlement in Syria. It's time for Europe to change its strategy

By Muriel Asseburg

The corona crisis could trigger a change in Iran’s foreign policy

The pandemic appears to have revealed the limits of Iran's 'Look to the East' strategy for preserving its national interests

By Hamidreza Azizi

The revolution will not be cancelled

For the time being, corona has snuffed out mass demonstrations in North Africa and the Middle East. Yet, it might stoke the region’s revolutionary flames soon again

By Jannis Grimm and Teresa Fehrenbach