News archive 11/2024 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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picture alliance / Picvario | Komsomolskaya Pravda

Foreign and security policy

Partners in crime

While North Korean troops are unlikely to be a game changer in the Russia-Ukraine War, their presence is already a major victory for Kim Jong-Un

By Tongfi Kim

picture alliance / Anadolu | Artur Widak

Democracy and society

It’s housing, stupid!

With homelessness and affordability at crisis levels, housing takes centre stage in Ireland’s election — and the far right is quick to exploit it

By Nancy du Plessis

picture alliance /Reuters/Mariana Greif

Democracy and society

The triumph of unity

Uruguay’s centre-left coalition has won the run-off election. Their success shows how unity and strategy can lead to victory

By Dörte Wollrad

picture alliance / Reuters | Maxim Shemetov

Interviews

‘Many countries in the Global South are bitterly disappointed’

Not a failure, but certainly a disappointment: Yvonne Blos from Baku on the results of COP29, the fight for climate finance and hopes for next year

picture alliance/dpa/TASS | Dmitry Feoktistov

Democracy and society

No way forward, no way back

With each new crisis, Abkhazia faces increasingly complex challenges in defending its interests against Russia

By Olesya Vartanyan

picture alliance / empics | Andrew Milligan

Foreign and security policy

Ready to talk business

Under Trump’s renewed presidency, uncertainty about global partnerships seems inevitable. Still, Asian players remain somewhat more optimistic

By Marc Saxer, Mirco Günther

picture alliance / Reuters | Pedro Nunes

Work and digitalisation

The next Silicon Valley?

In recent years, Central and Eastern European countries have emerged as vibrant innovation hubs. But a few things are still holding them back

By Soňa Muzikárová

picture alliance / Pacific Press | Antonio Melita

Economy and ecology

America’s climate carousel

As Trump’s re-election threatens to derail climate diplomacy once again, the Global South is done waiting for stable leadership from wealthier powers

By Kamo Sende, Idasemiebi Idaminabo