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Foreign and security policy

The Hydra's gambit

As thousands marched through Niger's streets, waving Russian flags, the echoes of the St. Petersburg summit resonate in distant corners of Africa

By Joana de Deus Pereira

Pexels

Economy and ecology

The global food system is broken

By reducing our reliance on chemical fertilisers, we could turn the current food crisis into a genuine opportunity

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Peeking behind the curtain of Russia’s Africa agenda

The recent Russia-Africa Summit was as much about the ‘respectable’ side of Russia’s Africa engagements as its ‘hidden’ side

By Ivan U. Klyszcz

Reuters/ Eric Lafforgue

Democracy and society

Righting imperialism’s wrongs, past and present

To create a more equitable society, we must also address colonialism’s ongoing effects

By Nani Jansen Reventlow

Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Economy and ecology

Taking inequality seriously — and tackling it seriously

It is difficult, if not impossible, to do something about a problem if we do not even measure it properly

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters/Johanna Geron

Global

Wide of the mark

The EU has a renewed interest in Latin American and demonstrated this during their recent summit. But it seems the latter have different priorities

By Alejandro Frenkel

Reuters/Witt Jacques/Pool/ABACA

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

Pexels

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

Reuters/ Benoit Tessier

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

BICC/Ruth Vollmer

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