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Democracy and society

Undemocratic, but still successful with voters

How autocrats convince voters to sacrifice abstract interests like democracy

By Filip Milačić

Reuters/David Gray

Foreign and security policy

Papua New Guinea: Friend to all, enemy to none

China and the US are both courting Papua New Guinea. But the Americans are making it easy for their competitor to gain a stronghold on the island

By Barbara Barkhausen

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Economy and ecology

Putting lipstick on the tax pig

Bilateral double-taxation treaties seem self-evidently fair. But behind the supposedly good intentions lie decades of inequality and exploitation

By Jayati Ghosh

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Work and digitalisation

How much work is enough?

Millions have used the past three years to re-evaluate the trade-off between time and money. And it's kick-starting a revolution in the labour market

By Anne-Marie Slaughter, Autumn McDonald

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Foreign and security policy

No risk, no trade

The G7 has agreed on a new strategy towards China. Whether this will lead to a real change in the relationship with Asia's superpower is questionable

By Herbert Wulf

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Democracy and society

Remembering the pandemic

To ensure that we heed the lessons of Covid-19 we must fight the urge to forget

By William Haseltine

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Economy and ecology

The lethal price of sweatshop development

Ten years ago, the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,134 garment workers. Since then, little has been done to improve working conditions

By Antara Haldar

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Economy and ecology

The economic threat of undisciplined geopolitical primacy

Can rivalry and economic integration coexist and, if so, under which terms? The answer will determine the fate of the global economy

By Jean Pisani-Ferry

Reuters/Adrees Latif

Economy and ecology

How to prevent humanitarian crises

By scientifically anticipating risks and planning ahead, aid organisations can address humanitarian needs before they become emergencies

By Myriam Castaneda Solares

Reuters/Ricardo Stuckert

Foreign and security policy

Why Brazil does not deliver weapons to Ukraine

The rejection of non-Western countries to follow NATO lines on Russia does not mean support for the invasion of Ukraine

By Giorgio Romano Schutte