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The global threat of white terror

Massacres like the Christchurch shooting are part of broader patterns of far-right terrorism and demand a serious response

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The apogee of capitalism and our political malaise

With neoliberalism, the ethos of private gain came to dominate our political culture. Now, we have a crisis of trust in politics

By Branko Milanović

Pexels

Time to pay up

A minimum tax rate for companies across the world is overdue

By Rolf Bösinger

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Some states are more equal than others

Rich countries design the international tax system by themselves. This leaves developing nations in the position of rule-takers

By Neeti Biyani

Reuters

Afghanistan’s next chapter

The US failed to win the war in Afghanistan and learn from past mistakes. It's time to break the cycle of unlearned lessons

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Reuters

EU-Mercosur: the Bolsonaro factor

If Bolsonaro withdraws from the Paris Agreement, the European Parliament should reject free trade with Mercosur

Reuters

Hanoi hubris

Kim went big and Trump went home – the US-North Korea summit was an absolute failure. But where do we go from here?

By Mason Richey

Reuters

The erosion of the German-US relationship

There are ways to deal with divergent interests, says German MP Metin Hakverdi, but not with conflicting values

By Metin Hakverdi

Reuters

The unbearable unrealism of the present

Are solutions to climate breakdown compatible with capitalism? Not really, says Paul Mason. We need a new economic model

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'We should not take friendships for granted'

Minister of State Niels Annen talks about the threat to rules-based multilateralism and Germany’s role in the world