'Maradona had the ability to feel with the people'

Mariano Schuster in Buenos Aires explains why Argentinians called him 'God' and why he was loved among the poor

Sex-ratio imbalances have grim consequences for societies

A society with too little women — and too many ‘excess men’ — is more prone to conflict and violence

By Clara Neupert-Wentz

The culture war over the Istanbul Convention in East Central Europe

Between right-wing polarisation and progressives' blind spots, the culture war over 'gender' rages with full force

By Eszter Kováts

America, heal thyself

If the US is to resume its role as in the liberal international order, it needs to overcome the domestic divisions

By Ana Palacio

How Japan's Left is repeating its unfortunate history

Like in the 1990s, Japan's centre-left opposition is forging alliances without common principles — leaving it unable to challenge neoliberalism

By Felix Spremberg

Barrelling towards the ‘Brexit’ cliff edge

The most frightening thing is not the UK government’s end-game strategy, Paul Mason writes. It’s that there isn’t one

By Paul Mason

Not all 74 million Trump voters can be racists

Trumpism isn’t just going away after the US elections. And we finally need to understand why

By Nikolaos Gavalakis

Vaccine apartheid

An every-country-for-itself approach is irrational during a pandemic. And yet, that is exactly what many countries have done

By Jayati Ghosh

Why Viktor Orbán took the EU hostage

Orbán is right to worry about EU funds becoming conditional on the rule of law. It threatens his whole socio-economic model

By Gabor Scheiring

The rise of right-wing nationalism

Donald Trump may have lost the US elections. But the conditions that brought authoritarians like him to power still persist

By Karin Pettersson