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Reuters/ Celestino Arce

Foreign and security policy

A diplomatic ray of hope amidst a disaster

The Greek-Turkish relationship has become increasingly estranged. The current rapprochement brought about by the earthquake could be a new beginning

By René Wildangel

Reuters/ Yves Herman

Economy and ecology

Waking the sleeping beauty of European industrial policy

Startled by the Inflation Reduction Act, Europe wants to ignite the industrial policy turbo. But will the new measures be enough to keep up?

By Claudia Detsch

Reuters/ Dmytro Smolyenko

Economy and ecology

The green horizon of victory

Building a sustainable and secure future for the next generation of Ukrainians does not have to wait until the end of the war

By Olha Boiko

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Economy and ecology

The role of public debt in the ‘new normal’

The Schumpeterian approach can be a basis for a fiscal policy shaped by the need to transform our economies to deal with future challenges

By Peter Bofinger

Reuters/ Alexander Ermochenko

Democracy and society

A full-scale attack on Ukraine’s labour rights

The war cannot be used to justify stripping workers of their rights. Decent labour conditions must be the cornerstone for national security in wartime

By Georgii Sandul

Reuters/Stringer

Foreign and security policy

Sleepwalking into escalation

Delivering Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine takes the war to a new level. Trying to look past the fog of war can help to predict how things might play out

By Helmut W. Ganser

Reuters/ David W Cerny

Democracy and society

An ex-General wins the Czech presidential election

Petr Pavel is the new President of the Czech Republic, bringing one of the dirtiest election campaigns in the country’s history to an end

By Urban Überschär

Reuters/Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto

Work and digitalisation

French workers are fed up

The massive protests over Macron’s pension reforms reflect the feeling of frustration and injustice that has spread throughout French working society

By Benjamin Schreiber

Reuters/Henry Nicholls

Work and digitalisation

Behind Britain’s strike wave

There is no way out of a skills crisis this big other than through institutional changes. But the Tories don't have the time or appetite for that

By Paul Mason

Reuters/Jean-Marc Barrere/Hans Lucas

Work and digitalisation

Platform workers need stronger legal protection

2023 can become an important year for the platform economy. A strong directive might be decided, finally improving conditions for workers

By Oliver Philipp