News archive 06/2023 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Reuters/ Alexander Ermochenko

Democracy and society

The biggest game changer in Russian politics

We don’t know what Prigozhin really intended with his mutiny. But he accidentally revived a preoccupation long thought dead in Moscow — real politics

By Alexey Yusupov

Canva/Slphotography

Work and digitalisation

The inflated sum of AI fears

The 'AI ride' will for sure be bumpy. But the specific changes AI will unleash, on the whole, will be changes for the better

By Michael R. Strain

Pexels

Economy and ecology

What a world 1.5 degrees hotter would look like

To mitigate the worst climate change impacts, we need to consider implementing climate solutions outside of the free economic market

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Reuters/ Johanna Geron

Foreign and security policy

On a tightrope for peace

The Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks are paradoxically dynamic — the closer to a common vision of peace, the higher the chance of military escalation

By Rusif Huseynov

Reuters/Misha Japaridze

Foreign and security policy

Prigozhin: An outsider with an army

The Wagner uprising – despite its short duration – has demonstrated the vulnerability of Putin's power system

By Roland Bathon

Reuters/Beata Zawrzel

Interviews

‘Something previously thought impossible’

European citizens have shown great support for Ukrainian refugees. Dietrich Thränhardt on what this might mean for the wider European asylum system

Reuters/ Ueslei Marcelino

Foreign and security policy

Brazil is back from the dead

To restore Brazil’s role as a leading power of the Global South, Lula has sought to revive the regional UNASUR organisation. But this is no easy task

By Wolf Grabendorff

Reuters/ Yiannis Kourtoglou

Democracy and society

Do or die

Greece is heading to its second national election. But there is little to gain for left parties — the social democrats must rise to the occasion

By Nick Malkoutzis