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Economy and ecology

Grappling with power imbalances

In the face of increasingly severe global crises, fundamental economic and social reforms are not a utopian dream but a necessary and possible step

By Jayati Ghosh

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Interviews

'In the end, we have to decide what are the bigger risks.'

Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz on Putin's war of aggression, the global debt crisis, German nuclear power plants and ways out of the crisis

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Democracy and society

Will multilateralism become a victim of de-globalisation?

Humanity today once again faces multiple existential crises — the most urgent of these can only be tackled through global cooperation

By Markus Engels

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Democracy and society

Charles the Last

Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne coincided with the end of the Empire. Will King Charles III’s reign result in the end of the Monarchy?

By Obiora Ikoku

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Economy and ecology

A noble award for a ‘popular misconception’

It is hard to understand how the Swedish academy could decide to honour a theory unable to anticipate the Great Financial Crisis

By Peter Bofinger

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Democracy and society

Does the United Nations still exist?

The UN as a collective-security organisation has failed — with as much influence on war and peace as any other person on this planet

By Branko Milanović

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Democracy and society

Russia, Iran, and the perils of post-autocracy

Putin’s and Khamenei’s downfall is a question of when, not if. Still, there is no clear alternative to replace them, and that is where the danger lies

By Robert D. Kaplan

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Future of social democracy

Reasonable left, irresponsible right

With no shortage of catastrophes in the past 15 years worldwide — the democratic left is stepping up to provide stability amid the storm

By Robert Misik

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Economy and ecology

Energy prices are driving society to its breaking point

Inflation and the energy crisis have caused expensive food, no electricity and unaffordable petrol. We look at South Africa, Vietnam and Ecuador

By Uta Dirksen, Axel Blaschke, Constantin Groll

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Economy and ecology

How to make COP27 a success

COP26 left many disappointed. Involving the youth and paying out climate reparations could make the upcoming COP27 a breakthrough in climate justice

By Sohanur Rahman