Interviews‘Wagner as an organisation is finished’ The head of the FES Russia programme, Alexey Yusupov, on the death of Prigozhin, violence of the Russian regime and stability of the Putin system
Interviews‘Ecuador’s democracy is undergoing a general crisis’ Elections under the shadow of violence: Constantin Groll on the run-off election for the presidency, criminal gangs and the environmental movement
Interviews‘Hardliners argue that South Korea should have its own nuclear weapons’ South Korean public support for going nuclear is increasing. Moon Chung-in on the country’s nuclear debate and its relations with the US and Japan
Interviews‘Nobody in Russia believes that he or she can influence any events’ Greg Yudin on how Russian society perceives the war and why, only when Putin’s government is gone, there will be negotiations
Interviews‘Headlines like “the EU agrees on asylum reform” are premature’ MEP Birgit Sippel on why a compromise on the new EU asylum reform is still pending and Parliament’s upcoming difficult negotiations with the Council
Interviews‘Corruption destroys trust in democratic processes and ultimately in democracy itself’ A decade ago, the Strässer Report exposed a scandal in the Council of Europe. Frank Schwabe on the dangers of corruption and how to fight it
Interviews‘Indo-Pacific has been the buzzword for the past 5-10 years’ Shafiah Muhibat from Jakarta on Indonesia’s role in the world, the waning influence of ASEAN and foreign interests in the Indo-Pacific region
Interviews‘It is about building trust, and that takes a long time’ Patrik Hermansson on why people vote for the right and how giving a sense of hope and direction could counter this development
Interviews‘Something previously thought impossible’ European citizens have shown great support for Ukrainian refugees. Dietrich Thränhardt on what this might mean for the wider European asylum system
Interviews‘Public opinion looked quite different eight weeks ago’ In Greece, the rule is: after the election is before the election. Arne Schildberg from Athens on the success of the conservatives
Japan’s feminist reckoning In World War II, the Japanese Army forced women and girls into sexual slavery. With ‘Me too’ gaining momentum, it’s time to reckon with the past
The hope of the Dutch left Frans Timmermans is running for Dutch prime minister. Can the former vice-president of the EU Commission lead his left-wing alliance to victory?
Democracy to the rescue Politics might be broken, but it’s certainly not irreparable — and democracy has the tools to fix it
