News archive 11/2025 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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Work and digitalisation

Why we should tax AI

Taxing AI is not about punishing innovation. It’s about ensuring that the rewards are shared and the risks are managed in the public interest

By Kevin O’Neil

picture alliance/Anadolu/Saeed M. M. T. Jaras

Foreign and security policy

Life in the red zone

The Trump plan divides the Gaza Strip, perpetuating the suffering. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council is playing along

By René Wildangel

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Future of social democracy

The pitfalls of the all-holy economic god

Economics isn’t sacred. We must challenge economic goals with interdisciplinary force

By Kate Pickett

picture alliance / Prisma Archivo | Prismaarchivo

Interviews

‘The working class hasn’t gone anywhere — it’s just transformed’

Claire Ainsley on what the migration debate reveals about today’s electorate and the centre-left’s blind spots

picture alliance / Jonathan Banks/Microsoft/Cover Images

Work and digitalisation

The big tech playbook

By framing digital sovereignty around regulation and political autonomy, big tech has deflected attention from deeper critiques of its systemic power

By Leevi Saari

picture alliance / NurPhoto | Oscar Brak

Foreign and security policy

Ignored, forgotten, Sudan

As the country descends further into apocalyptic chaos, the world finally seems to be waking up — far too late

By Achim Vogt, Talal Salih

picture alliance / Reuters | Sodiq Adelakun

Democracy and society

Decades of progress — undone

After years of steady gains against poverty and inequality, the recent funding cuts threaten Africa’s health systems. New, resilient funding is vital

By Michelle Kelly-Irving

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Marek Ladzinski

Democracy and society

When democracy freezes, autocrats rise

Moral posturing and endless compromise leave democracy vulnerable. Decisive action is its only defence

By Robert Misik