News archive 03/2021 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Reuters

Democracy and society

Algeria's Hirak protest movement is back

Tens of thousands take to the streets in Algeria to protest corruption and despotism. That's a warning signal for the region – and for Europe

By Elisa Rheinheimer-Chabbi

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Joe Biden's war on corruption in Central America

Unlike migrants, corrupt elites in Central America had nothing to fear under Trump. Joe Biden wants to change that — and the elites are closing ranks

By Martin Reischke

Reuters

Interviews

'We've seen a big global failure in the case of Covid-19'

On 11 March last year, the WHO declared Covid-19 a global pandemic. Former CDC director Tom Frieden on whether we're better prepared for the next one

Reuters

Economy and ecology

The 'Green Industrial Revolution' is not what it seems

The UK government's ‘green’ recovery plan is thick in rhetoric but thin on substance — and it will fail to create a low-carbon, more equal economy

By Katie Gallogly-Swan, Miriam Brett

Reuters

European integration

'Frontex should have no role in asylum procedures'

The EU border agency's conduct has been scandalous — from illegal pushbacks to meeting arms manufacturers. MEP Birgit Sippel calls for accountability

By Birgit Sippel

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Europe could make good use of a new SDR allocation

As the G20 just agreed on a new allocation of special drawing rights, the IMF’s reserve asset, Europe should transfer its shares to poor countries

By Jayati Ghosh

Pexels

Democracy and society

Failing to collect data about women is no trivial offence

As data informs the way we design our world — from infrastructure to medical research —, the ‘gender data gap’ can become a matter of life or death

By Anja Papenfuss

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Global vaccination VI

Chile, the United States and Denmark are their continent's leaders in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. How did they do it?

By Simone Reperger, Knut Dethlefsen, Philipp Fink