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Who owns belonging?

Why we need an inclusive national narrative

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | White House

Foreign and security policy

Real-talk

Ultimately, Europe faces the choice between complete submission to Washington’s dictates or a leap forward into true geopolitical independence

By Marcus Schneider

pa / newscom | Gladjimi Balisage

Foreign and security policy

Return of the gunboats

Trump’s mix of military muscle and tariff pressure signals a bid to fold Latin America back into a compliant US ‘backyard’

By Herbert Wulf

picture alliance / Reuters | Hollie Adams

Work and digitalisation

A poor answer to a complex problem

Australia’s social media ban won’t protect teens, but it shows who holds power. Europe should make sure to choose a different path

By Daniel Angus

pa/dpa | Michael Kappeler

Universal by exception

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

By Yoav Shemer-Kunz

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

‘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

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