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Economy and ecology

A war on food

While missiles are destroying thousands of tonnes of grain in Odessa intended to go through the grain corridor, hunger will hit the most vulnerable

By Viktoriia Hubareva

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Foreign and security policy

No exit to the 19th century

A 'face-saving' deal for Putin? If Europe wants to live in peace, Russia must not be rewarded at Ukraine's expense

By Fritz Felgentreu

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Foreign and security policy

Looking for an exit-strategy

The massive rearmament and mutual threats are strongly reminiscent of the Cold War. Although today’s situation is different, there are parallels

By Herbert Wulf

Reuters/Denis Sinyakov

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

Reuters/Toby Melville

Future of social democracy

The answer to an anti-green backlash is to be redder

The transition beyond carbon is a class struggle. That, paradoxically, is the lesson of Uxbridge — and the sooner Labour learns it, the better

By Paul Mason

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Future of social democracy

The cost of freedom

When imperialist dictators are going to war, a security policy devoted to deterrence and defence capability is not conservative but social democratic

By Michael Roth

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Democracy and society

Why legalising cannabis is a win for all

To this day, the EU is blocking the legalisation of marijuana despite wide societal acceptance and many arguments in favour of allowing it

By Julika Luisa Enbergs

Reuters/Arnaud Paillard/Hans Lucas

Work and digitalisation

Improving working life in France – and the EU

Working better should come before working longer for all of Europe

By Sofia Fernandes

Reuters/Costas Baltas

Democracy and society

Between human rights and border control

If neither Frontex engagement nor disengagement can make migration safer, Europe may need to look at new solutions beyond its borders

By Christopher Szabla

Reuters/Johanna Geron

Democracy and society

A far-right EU?

For a long time, a far-right European Union seemed inconceivable. Today, however, things look rather different

By Hans Kundnani