News archive 5/2025 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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picture alliance / via REUTERS | Carl Court

Democracy and society

The future is not rejoin — it’s rebuild

The EU-UK Summit proved one truth: some battles can only be won together

By Michèle Auga

picture-alliance/ dpa | Rainer Jensen

Economy and ecology

A trim too far?

The EU’s latest agricultural reform promises to cut red tape. But for many observers, it’s cutting corners — particularly on environmental protections

By Natasha Foote

picture alliance / Anadolu | Tamam Jerbi

Economy and ecology

Reconstruction begins where sanctions end

The lifting of US sanctions marks a turning point for Syria and its new president, offering more than 20 million people hope for a better future

By Marcus Schneider

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Metin Yoksu

Democracy and society

What seems like the end is only the beginning

Turkey gets the dissolution of the PKK — but not the start of a solution

By Stefan Hibbeler

picture alliance / abaca | ABACA

Democracy and society

Pope Francis opened the door for queer Africans

— will Pope Leo XIV keep it open?

By Zikora Ibeh

picture alliance / Reuters | Zaydee Sanchez

Foreign and security policy

A region redefined

Trump’s coercive foreign policy is accelerating US decline in Latin America and the Caribbean, opening the door to new alliances

By Guadalupe González González, Monica Hirst, Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

picture alliance / Zumapress.com | Lab Ky Mo

Democracy and society

Social justice in crisis

In the UK, a supposedly progressive government is taking a leaf out of the right-wing playbook by slashing disability benefits

By Kate Pickett

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Economy and ecology

Cargo kings and cocaine rings

Rotterdam’s fight against drug smuggling shows that public and private forces, when united, can set a new standard for European port security

By Richard Van Herzeele