EuropeA fiscal bazooka from Brussels? The EU's recovery fund has finally seen the light of day. But this comes at a price: deep political rifts and painful budget cuts By Björn Hacker
AfricaA heated time for Côte d’Ivoire While struggling with Covid-19, internal strife and organising elections, Côte d’Ivoire faces an unprecedented political crisis By Thilo Schöne
AfricaMali faces a political crisis The confrontation between the government and a broad protest movement is escalating. And there's no solution in sight By Christian Klatt
Foreign and security policyChina’s deepening geopolitical hole The UK's decision to ban Huawei from its 5G networks is only the latest diplomatic setback for China By Minxin Pei
North AmericaThe left is remaking the world ‘Defund the police’ and ‘cancel rent’ aren’t reforms, but paths to revolution By Amna A. Akbar
Latin AmericaUruguay's neoliberal shock therapy In Uruguay, the centre-right government dismantles the very system that made its pandemic response so successful By Sebastian Sperling
Latin AmericaLatin America can only thrive with a new eco-social pact With Covid-19 ravaging across the region and fossil fuels in free fall, Latin America needs to embrace a just transition By Thea Riofrancos
GlobalBidding for political immortality Historic decisions by authoritarian leaders today will leave a legacy nigh impossible to reverse in the future By Branko Milanović
