Interviews‘So many Afghans have not given up on a better future’ Human rights activist Shaharzad Akbar on the current living situation in Afghanistan, gender apartheid and important takeaways for the Global North
Interviews‘Chilean society remains polarised’ Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet on the 50th anniversary of the military coup, the dispute over the constitution and social inequality
Interviews‘Feminist foreign policy is a vital response to the chauvinist aggression of Russia’ Russia expert Sabine Fischer on the future of the country, the Kremlin’s influence in Europe and Russian chauvinism
Interviews'Israel faces a moral dilemma' Ralf Melzer in Tel Aviv on the stability of the government, the military response to the terrorist attack and the fear of a two-front war
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