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Foreign and security policy

Exchanging glances: Serbia seduces illiberal America

As the US is seeking to improve its relations with Serbia, Belgrade is paying to clean up its image on the other side of the Atlantic

By Lily Lynch

Reuters/Lehtikuva/Heikki Saukkomaa

Future of social democracy

It’s all about continuity

The Finnish Social Democrats have a new leader. To regain momentum for his party, Antti Lindtman still has a lot of work to do

By Lauri Finér

Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze

Economy and ecology

A tragic lesson

The Shovi disaster shows the intensification of the effects of climate change in Georgia — the state must prepare itself for future disasters

By Alexey Ovchinnikov

Reuters/Francois Lenoir

European integration

Europe’s fading democracy

In recent years, three developments have all but destroyed the idea of the EU as an effective force for good within and beyond Europe

By Yanis Varoufakis

Reuters/Britta Pedersen

Future of social democracy

Olaf Scholz, the improbable role model

A state that protects the weakest and is a bulwark for democracy — that is the new social democratic paradigm that the chancellor embodies

By Robert Misik

Reuters/Artur Widak

Democracy and society

Fighting for survival

Belarus’ democratic forces recognise the sad reality: the connection between them and the majority of Belarusians inside the country is broken

By Artyom Shraibman

Reuters

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

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Future of social democracy

Europe's housing nightmare

Mice in the kitchen, holes in the ceiling — what seems like a terrible situation might present a dream for many people in need of affordable housing

By Alena Bieling

Pexels

Foreign and security policy

A bitter battlefield stalemate

The Ukrainian counter-offensive is faltering. Instead of endlessly supplying new weapons, the West should cooperate in the preparation of peace talks

By Helmut W. Ganser

Canva/IPS

Economy and ecology

How to get away with sanctions, Russian-style

There are nearly 15,000 sanctions on Russia. And yet, it manages to bypass the toughest of them

By Anna Romandash