Democracy and societyThe time to support the Global South is now The war in Ukraine has monopolised the Global North’s attention and resources when the Global South is still dealing with the effect of many crises By Martin Schulz
Democracy and societyThe false promise of democratic peace The belief that democracies don’t start wars, but only dictatorships do, has been central to the Anglo-American worldview. But it is more complicated By Robert Skidelsky
Work and digitalisationElon Musk’s Twitter takeover is a colossally bad idea Elon Musk mistakes Twitter for some sort of ‘digital town square’. In reality, it’s a global publisher that — like any other — needs to be regulated By Steven Hill
Economy and ecologyHow the war in Ukraine impacts global supply chains The war has strained global supply chains — from semiconductors to car parts. This calls for policies to mitigate disruptions and increase resilience By Ram Ganeshan, Tonya Boone
Democracy and societyOn the importance of disagreement For democracy to survive, we need in-depth engagements with different perspectives and arguments — and not black and white thinking By Anja Wehler-Schöck
Foreign and security policyUkraine, NATO, and a Zeitenwende Many NATO members are watching the war in Ukraine unfold without grasping the reality of the situation. They must rethink NATO’s strategic future By Paul Mason
Economy and ecologyThe coming world order Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the existing world order — and with it the global energy, production, distribution, and financial systems By Marc Saxer
Democracy and societyWhat’s next for African and Asian war refugees? African and Asian students who fled the war in Ukraine face not just the racism of Europe’s refugee policy, but also an uncertain educational future By Emmanuel Achiri, Hrishabh Sandilya
Democracy and societyThe implosion of history The war in Ukraine is rooted in a multitude of historical events and timelines that have been compressed into a single destructive phenomenon By Michael Marder
Future of social democracyTime to decamp from cold-war ideas Those sections of the left which still think of the world in blocs are guilty of blocked thinking By Sheri Berman
Spain’s emptying lands By tackling the growing rural demographic decline and lack of political representation, the España Vaciada movement is giving a voice to the affected
The far-right vs. women’s rights The US Supreme Court’s imminent attack on woman’s right to an abortion is underwritten by a reactionary, sexist, and racist far-right movement
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is a colossally bad idea Elon Musk mistakes Twitter for some sort of ‘digital town square’. In reality, it’s a global publisher that — like any other — needs to be regulated