Interviews‘Connecting East and West’ Kazakhstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko on the country’s role as a key transit hub for global trade and its relations with the EU
Interviews‘Gaza is the deadliest conflict for media workers in over 30 years’ UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan on limited freedom of expression worldwide, attacks on journalists and potential reasons for hope
Interviews‘Many countries in the Global South are bitterly disappointed’ Not a failure, but certainly a disappointment: Yvonne Blos from Baku on the results of COP29, the fight for climate finance and hopes for next year
Interviews‘Things are going to get uncomfortable’ Reinhard Krumm in Washington on media bubbles, the mood among Democrats and the consequences of a second Trump term for Europe
Interviews‘The Moldovan people are definitely pro-European’ Ana Mihailov from Chisinau on Maia Sandu’s re-election as president and the search for common ground with the pro-Russian electorate
Interviews‘The elections were not fair’ Marcel Röthig on the outcomes of the Georgian election, suspected voter manipulation and reactions from abroad
Interviews‘Not all change is good’ Democratic polling strategist Celinda Lake on the upcoming US elections, contested voter blocs, and different voting patterns of men and women
Interviews‘People all over the world want the same thing: a good life. And peace is needed for that’ One year after 7 October: Judith Stelmach in Tel Aviv on the split in society, double standards against Israel and Iran’s attack
Interviews‘Israel’s actions can hardly be seen as self-defence’ Usama Antar on the suffering of the people in the Gaza Strip, the escalation in Lebanon and the prospects for peace
Interviews‘The nervousness in New York was palpable’ Michael Bröning on the UN Pact for the Future, Germany’s role in the negotiations and Russia’s last-minute attempts to disrupt them
White smoke over Nejmeh Square After a years-long power vacuum, Lebanon’s parliament has elected a new president. Can the army chief bring stability to the post-war country?
New wings, old woes Faced with numerous security threats, Indonesia’s new President Prabowo is putting his faith in drones. But that alone won’t be enough
The economic consequences of Trump 2.0 Trump’s agenda thrives on sensational headlines and political grandstanding. Real change usually fails to materialise — with one exception
