News archive 10/2023 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Reuters/Yves Herman

Economy and ecology

Global tax evasion: the good and the bad news

Targeting tax fraud has improved, but the urgency to prevent the rich from benefiting disproportionately from the system remains

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Interviews

‘Feminist foreign policy is a vital response to the chauvinist aggression of Russia’

Russia expert Sabine Fischer on the future of the country, the Kremlin’s influence in Europe and Russian chauvinism

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

India’s surprising change of course

While many countries of the Global South stand by the Palestinians, India is on Israel’s side. Why?

By Herbert Wulf

Reuters

Interviews

'Israel faces a moral dilemma'

Ralf Melzer in Tel Aviv on the stability of the government, the military response to the terrorist attack and the fear of a two-front war

Reuters/Mohammed Salem

Democracy and society

Words of war and quiet dejection

After Hamas’ deadly attack and Israel’s violent response, it is difficult to find the right words — because so much is wrong and right all at once

By Robert Misik

Reuters/Francesco Militello Mirto

European integration

Take a deep breath

After one year in office, it is clear that the hasty condemnation of Giorgia Meloni as a ‘post-fascist’ might not only be unfounded but also pointless

By Marco Bitschnau

Reuters

From my bookshelf

Freedom without justice

At the end of Communism, there was hope that freedom and democracy would bring a better life — many lost that hope. This is where the real work begins

By Slavoj Žižek

Reuters/Djibo Issifou

Foreign and security policy

Diplomacy over military

The past years’ coups and the spread of terrorism are posing a major threat to stability in the Sahel region. Europe can and must counteract this

By Karamba Diaby