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'Tokayev’s victory was of course predictable'

After almost 30 years, Kazakhstan has now elected its second president since independence. Christoph Mohr reports

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'The Social Democrats have succeeded in winning back voters'

The Social Democrats managed to win the national elections in Denmark. Jesper Vind explains how that happened

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'We are unlikely to see massive global migration movements'

Climate refugees tend to stay in their own or neighbouring countries. This may change in the future, argues Valerie Mueller

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‘I’d rather die in a democracy than live in a sustainable dictatorship’

Between China and the US, Europe can find a third way to build a sustainable, democratic society, argues Stephan Rammler

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'It will be difficult to go back to liberal internationalism'

A conversation with Professor Daniel Drezner about Donald Trump, Iran and the zombie apocalypse

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'Social democratic parties will only survive if they build bridges'

Former MP Frank Vandenbroucke on what the polarising Belgian elections mean for the country – and social democracy

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'The images are already iconic'

Barbara Tóth on what Austria's Ibizagate scandal means for the country – and European right-wing populism

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'Deliberative democracy makes citizens happy'

David van Reybrouck on how a small community in Eastern Belgium puts randomly selected citizens at the heart of politics

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Flying high, falling low

Despite the polls predicting a narrow win, Australia's Labor Party lost the general election – because it didn't convince working class voters, says Adrian Pabst

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'Civil war is possible'

Left-wing intellectual Edgardo Lander on the political crisis in Venezuela, the role of the US and the left's failure to learn