News archive 06/2025 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Interviews

‘The two-state solution remains the only viable path’

Amr Moussa, former Secretary-General of the Arab League, on the situation in the Middle East, Egypt’s role and the future for Palestine

picture alliance / via REUTERS | BEN STANSALL

Foreign and security policy

The price of obedience

Europe must stop blindly obeying Trump’s five-percent demand and start building real military power — or suffer the consequences

By Sven Biscop

picture-alliance/ dpa | Justin_Lane

Future of social democracy

Restoring lost livelihoods is essential for saving democracy

Trump owes his electoral success to workers without college degrees who feel betrayed by the system. The onset of AI will make this problem much larger

By Mordecai Kurz

picture alliance / ANP | Robin van Lonkhuijsen

Future of social democracy

A greener kind of red

GroenLinks and PvdA have merged to shift Dutch politics to the centre. But internal divisions could derail their ambitions

By René Cuperus

picture alliance / REUTERS | Thilo Schmuelgen

Foreign and security policy

Spend or splinter?

NATO will not be able to work as it has in the past. New realities require addressing broader issues than simply increasing defence spending

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

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Foreign and security policy

Hidden in plain sight

The EU’s hands-off approach to the Morocco-Algeria conflict is backfiring — the cost of non-engagement is clear, and so are the opportunities

By Emmanuel Cohen-Hadria

picture alliance / SIPA | Arnaud Andrieu

Foreign and security policy

Guardians of the broken order

The collapse of consensus on global development threatens more than progress — it jeopardises peace. The EU must lead, not by default but by design

By Reinhold Brender

picture alliance / REUTERS | Gretchen Ertl

European integration

The Empire strikes back, and Europe is confused

While the world is experiencing the comeback of imperial powers, a fragmented Europe is struggling with its new role — and with itself

By Jan Zielonka