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Economy and ecology

The geopolitics of nature

The world is in crisis mode. But instead of building bridges, many – particularly in the Global North – are exacerbating divisions

By Simon Zadek

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Foreign and security policy

The American empire in the fog of Ukraine

A war that grinds without dramatic shifts poses a challenge to political judgment; the observer is tempted to make a sweeping historical judgment

By Ross Douthat

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Democracy and society

Insatiably seeking status

After years of growth, the art market appears to have reached a plateau, suggesting a decline in confidence among the world’s richest people

By R. James Breiding

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Democracy and society

When returning home feels like hell

Migrants returning to their country of origin often face precarious situations. Yet, policymakers cling to ineffective but supposedly quick solutions

By Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek, Katja Mielke, Clara Schmitz-Pranghe, Ruth Vollmer

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Foreign and security policy

The OSCE’s midlife crisis

50 years after its foundation, the OSCE has remained a club of non-like-minded states. But as autocracies rise, the organisation might lose relevance

By Cornelius Friesendorf

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Work and digitalisation

The inflated sum of AI fears

The 'AI ride' will for sure be bumpy. But the specific changes AI will unleash, on the whole, will be changes for the better

By Michael R. Strain

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Economy and ecology

Who can buy their way out of the climate crisis?

To fight climate change, we must find a new way of doing business. The biggest CO2 emitters must help those who can’t afford it but are most affected

By Markus Engels

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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