News archive 5/2023 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Democracy and society

‘United by Music’

Eurovision describes itself as an apolitical platform. Still, the song contest is not tone-deaf to the times we live in

By Clara Cabrera

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Foreign and security policy

Violence knows no borders

The conflict in Sudan is impacting its neighbours. A look at the situation in Egypt and South Sudan

By Richard Probst, Anna Reuß

Reuters/Christian Hartmann

Work and digitalisation

Elevating the Cinderellas of social care

In the wake of the pandemic, trade unions managed to improve the working conditions of care workers. Still, welfare privatisation remains an issue

By Lisa Pelling

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Economy and ecology

A nuclear blazing row

The nuclear debate in Europe is heating up. The issue is emotional. And it polarises

By Claudia Detsch

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Democracy and society

Too big, too expensive and simply inappropriate

King Charles’ pompous coronation plans spark discontent among the British population. Might this (finally) herald the end of the British monarchy?

By Lisa Felgendreff

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Foreign and security policy

The Turkish elections could cost Azerbaijan a friend

Azerbaijan views Turkey as its most valuable ally. But is this closeness only based on common interests or rather on a genuine sense of belonging?

By Ismi Aghayev

Reuters/Agustin Marcarian

Democracy and society

A comfortable legitimacy?

Peña may have won Paraguay’s elections, but the country is experiencing alarming poverty rates and gross inequalities. Political reform is inevitable

By Montserrat Fois

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Economy and ecology

The economic threat of undisciplined geopolitical primacy

Can rivalry and economic integration coexist and, if so, under which terms? The answer will determine the fate of the global economy

By Jean Pisani-Ferry