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Foreign and security policy

Menu à la Kyiv from Indian PM Modi

Never before was being relevant in a peace process in Europe so important. Modi’s Ukraine visit was an arm of cooperation stretched to Eastern Europe

By Mridula Ghosh

Canva

Economy and ecology

Neoliberalism is dead, long live national security

Geopolitical competition is reshaping the global economy, forcing countries to rethink their development strategies amid growing fragmentation

By Marc Saxer

Canva

Foreign and security policy

What does the Global South want?

The great powers are unable to see the new realities of the vast middle, mainly because the Global South remains an enigma they do not understand

By Sarang Shidore

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Foreign and security policy

Recommitting to pandemic preparedness

New pandemics are almost certain to happen. But the world continues in a familiar cycle of panic and neglect as the lessons of Covid-19 are fading

By Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Foreign and security policy

One more to join the BRICS?

While favouring both China and Russia, Azerbaijan remains aloof from democracy and human rights - more so than ever before

By Bahruz Samadov

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Democracy and society

The many (ugly) faces of migration diplomacy

Does migration diplomacy help or hinder migrants’ rights? The answer could depend on future power dynamics

By Jennifer Vallentine, Bram Frouws, Roberto Forin

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Economy and ecology

A plea for political economy

Reviving the tradition of political economy could yield the tools needed to study – and perhaps finally understand – our rapidly changing world

By Kaushik Basu

Canva

Democracy and society

The cost of turning a blind eye

We should neither blindly support current emancipatory movements nor yearn for past ideologies and instead try to look beyond simplistic binaries

By Eszter Kováts

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Future of social democracy

A political vaccine against the extreme right

Today’s most significant dilemma for democracy is how to raise revenue. The answer is simple: tax billionaires

By Magdalena Sepúlveda

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Economy and ecology

Snow delay and economic decay

Fighting climate change requires a redistribution of resources from rich to poor. Save your moral indignation — pay your taxes instead

By Lisa Pelling