Interviews‘Africa can achieve more if it will speak with one voice‘ David Luke on the free trade area which will contribute to transforming trade in the African continent and drive long-overdue industrialisation
Interviews‘People have always expressed dissatisfaction but it's gotten to a dangerous level of anger’ The leader of the Canadian Social Democrats, Jagmeet Singh, on the consequences of the Ukraine war, inflation as well as polarisation in Canada
Interviews'In the end, we have to decide what are the bigger risks.' Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz on Putin's war of aggression, the global debt crisis, German nuclear power plants and ways out of the crisis
Interviews‘We need a master plan for energy policy in Europe’ German social democrat Matthias Miersch on extending the life of nuclear reactors, the expansion of renewable energy, and alternatives to Russian gas
Interviews‘The worst flood in the region in the last 122 years’ Shadhan Kumar Das on the devastating impacts of the historical floods in Bangladesh — and how the country can adapt to climate change
Interviews‘A new message of hope against an old, recycled cynicism’ Two authoritarian politicians have come to power in the Philippines — Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte. Ronald Llamas on how to build an opposition
Interviews‘The West is divided on energy policy’ Kirsten Westphal sees the US and China in a good position in the coming energy transition. That is less true for Europe
Interviews'This would be a very clear political signal to Putin: Ukraine will never become a part of Russia' While scepticism toward Ukraine's EU membership prevails, Alyona Getmanchuk and Leonid Litra propose a middle-ground - integration in stages
Interviews'They are aware that they fought for nothing' Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky captures the current mood in his country, giving insights into war responsibility and Russia’s bleak future
Interviews'The Baltic states want to strengthen their security and are prepared to make remarkable sacrifices' The Baltic states have agreed to stop importing Russian gas. Reinhard Krumm explains why we must take smaller states seriously against uncertainties
A looming famine in Lebanon After 30 years of the same political class ruling and mounting public debt — Lebanon is experiencing food insecurity. Immediate measures must be taken
Eastern Europe was the crucible of modern football. Now it’s a wasteland. Political and economic interests have limited Eastern Europe’s recent football success - but the region produces some of the world's best players
How the EU provides lifebelts for autocratic regimes The European Commission could cripple Hungary’s semi-authoritarian regime — but it won’t
