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Foreign and security policy

The Western Balkans remain Europe’s Achilles’ heel

This weekend in Kosovo showed Belgrade’s mastery of 'controlled escalation'. Backed by Russia, the conflict is an 'open flank' for the EU and NATO

By René Schlee

Reuters

Economy and ecology

How European countries are dealing with rising inflation and energy prices

Economic hardship from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine has hit the continent. We look at the government's response in Spain, Czechia and Greece

By Bettina Luise Rürup, Urban Überschär, Arne Schildberg

Reuters

Economy and ecology

War is a climate killer

Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed the climate crisis off the agenda. But we need a ceasefire and global demilitarisation for a 1.5°C world

By Angelika Claußen

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Russia’s green future suspended

Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine has not just thrown Russia into an economic crisis, but reversed the little gains it made towards decarbonisation

By Lukas Daubner, Aysel Aliyeva

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

The Green transition — from pacifism to realpolitik

In foreign policy, the German Greens increasingly want to enforce their values by military means. But a division into good and evil doesn’t solve conflicts

By Catrina Schläger

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

What did Western sanctions on Russia achieve?

Western sanctions haven’t ended Russia’s war on Ukraine. But they are likely to set back the country’s economic development by 30 years

By Alexey Yusupov

Reuters

Democracy and society

Paving the way for radicalised violence

After a far-right attacker killed a woman at a festival in Sweden, the centre-right should rethink their legitimising of the Sweden Democrats

By Lisa Pelling

Pexels

Democracy and society

In the language of the enemy

The war in Ukraine fought under the Kremlin narrative of protecting the ‘Russkiy mir’ has Russophones asking: who does the Russian language belong to?

By Nina Frieß

Reuters

Democracy and society

Boris Johnson made a terrible mistake: he apologised

Up to now, no scandal could harm Boris Johnson. So what makes this one different?

By Martha Gill

Reuters

Future of social democracy

No, workers aren’t driving the cost-of-living crisis

Profits, not wages, are exacerbating inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. In response, the EU should strengthen collective bargaining

By Oliver Roethig