News archive 03/2025 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Foreign and security policy

Greenland faces a crucial decision

Trump’s bid for Greenland is shaping the island’s parliamentary elections — possible dependence on the US could become the decisive election issue

By Michael Paul

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Democracy and society

How women should behave

The more important difference between Democrats and Republicans isn’t whether they are men or women, but their attitudes about gender

By Michael Tesler, John Sides, Colette Marcellin

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Foreign and security policy

The lost art of statecraft

Rearmament is increasingly replacing diplomacy — blindly steering Europe toward another confrontation with Russia

By Roland Popp

picture alliance / Jochen Tack | Jochen Tack

Foreign and security policy

How to survive in a world of fierce competition between great powers

A perspective from Ukraine

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

picture alliance / Westend61 | Gary Waters

Work and digitalisation

Pay cuts on a silver platter

For too long, the way the EU spends public money has encouraged a race to the bottom — with millions of workers paying the price

By Oliver Roethig

picture alliance / REUTERS | Carlos Barria

Future of social democracy

When profits Trump principles

The era of the ‘do-good’ American CEOs is over. The EU must brace itself for US-style corporate conservatism arriving on its shores

By Nyasha Bhobo

picture alliance / Matrix Images | Tife Owolabi

Economy and ecology

Fleeing the crime scene

Oil companies are scrambling to leave the Niger Delta, where they have been extracting the black gold for decades — with devastating consequences

By Zikora Ibeh

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Democracy and society

Cancer doesn’t discriminate — guess who does?

The factors driving cancer mortality rates are rooted deep, perpetuating a cycle of inequality that is difficult to break

By Wendy Yared