News archive 07/2025 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Democracy and society

Stop talking. Start listening

Rational arguments rarely change minds. Populists gain power by tapping into something deeper: the need to belong

By Paul Ribbeck

picture alliance / imageBROKER | Anastasiia Torianyk

Future of social democracy

The myth of the lazy worker

Contrary to the European trend, Germany wants to extend daily working hours. Here’s why the current debate is a step backwards

By Susan Javad

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Shakh Aivazov

European integration

Damned if we do, damned if we don’t

Visa liberalisation once united Georgia with Europe. Now it risks tearing them apart

By Tamar Gamkrelidze

picture alliance/dpa | Frank Hammerschmidt

Work and digitalisation

Too hot to work

Rising temperatures directly threaten workers’ health and safety. Europe must adopt proactive and coordinated measures to safeguard its workforce

By Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni

picture alliance / REUTERS | Kevin Lamarque

Interviews

'Trump seems visibly overwhelmed'

Reinhard Krumm, from the US, on Trump’s Russia ultimatum, his supposed closeness to Putin, and the response from the Republican camp

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Economy and ecology

The delicate art of natural-resource diplomacy

Weapons need cobalt. AI needs lithium. And countries will do whatever it takes to get them first

By Daniel Litvin

Economy and ecology

Mutually assured construction

While Europe is economically integrated, investment remains erratic. A European Investment Community could steady the flow and power future growth

By David Harrison

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Democracy and society

Defence or deficit?

The Baltics are boosting defence spending like never before. But the economic and political fallout is hard to ignore

By Evgeny Antonov