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Unsplendid isolation: Britain after ‘Brexit’

A Biden presidency — allied to an EU pursuing ‘strategic autonomy’ — leaves a ‘sovereign’ UK with a bit-part role

Reuters

Global vaccination II

Too few vaccinations and too little trust in the government. Dispatches from France, Nigeria and Brazil

By Benjamin Schreiber and Daniel Mann and Christoph Heuser

Reuters

Global vaccination

Nothing is as political as the Covid-19 vaccination. Dispatches from Moscow, London and Warsaw

By Peer Teschendorf and Christos Katsioulis and Ernst Hillebrand

Pixabay

Closing the representation gap

Centre-left parties have become too bourgeois. The ensuing representation gap lies at the heart of democratic dissatisfaction

By Sheri Berman

Reuters

China takes the lead in development finance

China has provided developing countries extra resources they had long sought from the West. But its lending has to become more sustainable

By Kevin P. Gallagher and Rebecca Ray

Reuters

The digital marketplace should be a public good

Regulating pandemic profiteers like Amazon is not enough. We need public ownership of essential digital infrastructure

Reuters

It’s time to rein in Amazon's empire

The pandemic has made Amazon the most powerful company in the world. We need to put a stop to its harmful practices

By Christy Hoffman

Reuters

Want vaccines fast? Suspend Intellectual Property Rights

Without a production of generic versions of the vaccine, there won’t be enough shots to go around — even in rich countries

By Achal Prabhala and Arjun Jayadev and Dean Baker

Pexels

The first global event in the history of humankind

While some talk of ‘deglobalisation’, the pandemic will push forward the globalisation of labour

By Branko Milanović

Reuters

Who gets it first?

The run on the coronavirus vaccines is also about power and image. Dispatches from Serbia, Argentina and Kenya

By Svenja Blanke and Jan Siebert and Max Brändle