News archive 12/2025 for International Politics and Society | IPS Journal

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picture alliance / AP Photo | Visar Kryeziu

Democracy and society

Offshore, off course

Europe’s push to shift asylum procedures to third countries risks outsourcing not only refugees, but also its moral and political responsibility

By Judith Kohlenberger

pa/dpa | Michael Kappeler

Foreign and security policy

Universal by exception

An ICC-wanted leader + a German handshake = a signal that international law is negotiable?

By Yoav Shemer-Kunz

Democracy and society

Brave new restrictions

Has Europe’s crackdown on free speech become a bigger threat to democracy than ‘the extremists’ it seeks to contain?

By Jacob Mchangama

picture alliance/dpa | Sebastian Gollnow

Interviews

‘Germany’s far right is currently the most radical of all’

Former President of the EU Parliament Martin Schulz on defending democracy, the importance of honest communication and dealing with the far right

Canva/IPS

Foreign and security policy

The US is no longer with us

Perhaps Trump’s new National Security Strategy will finally open Europe’s eyes to this simple reality

By Christos Katsioulis, Filip Milačić

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Moises Castillo

Democracy and society

Triumph of the old order

The election results in Honduras are still uncertain. But one thing is clear — the ruling left-wing party has suffered a massive defeat

By Daniel Mann

Democracy and society

The world record that nobody wanted

Over 542 days without a government in Brussels. Maybe it’s time for a conclave: lock them together, throw away the key and wait for white smoke

By Maïthé Chini

pa/Sven Simon/Presidential Office of Ukraine

Foreign and security policy

In the shadows of our time

While Trump reorganises Europe’s neighbourhood, the EU remains reactive. Its habitual passivity could relegate it to a permanent supporting role

By Sven Biscop