News archive 07/2021 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Reuters

Democracy and society

COVAX isn't Africa's silver bullet

The Covid-19 pandemic wasn't a great equaliser. COVAX's failure to provide Africa with vaccines has uncovered neo-colonial power structures

By Suhail Omar

Reuters

Economy and ecology

South Africa's never-ending crisis

The violence in South Africa is the result of decades of economic hardship and institutional failure. The government must abandon its austerity agenda

By Busi Sibeko

Reuters

Interviews

'Seeking asylum is not a crime'

The Geneva Refugee Convention turns 70. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on the right to asylum and Europe’s responsibilities

Reuters

Democracy and society

Japan's young people are left behind

Japan's youth are levelling heavy criticism against holding the Olympic Games — but it's falling on deaf ears. A new form of protest could change that

By Momoko Nojo

Reuters

Interviews

'Many see it as the only way out of the political crisis'

After a wave of protests rocked the country, Tunisian President Kais Saied fired the prime minister and dissolved parliament. Johannes Kadura reports

Pexels

Work and digitalisation

How digitalisation can leave the poor behind

In the pandemic, governments created digital solutions for access to social support — a risk for those on the wrong side of the digital divide

By Laura Alfers

Reuters

European integration

A ‘titanic success’?

Away from the EU, back to the UK’s old Commonwealth allies: Boris Johnson dreams of an alternative to the EU with a new free trade agreement

By Dirk Kohnert

Reuters

Economy and ecology

We live in the era of system change

Our current way of doing politics has reached its limits: considering the tectonic societal shifts of our era, a transformative approach is necessary

By Markus Engels