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Work and digitalisation

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is a colossally bad idea

Elon Musk mistakes Twitter for some sort of ‘digital town square’. In reality, it’s a global publisher that — like any other — needs to be regulated

By Steven Hill

Pexels

Economy and ecology

How the war in Ukraine impacts global supply chains

The war has strained global supply chains — from semiconductors to car parts. This calls for policies to mitigate disruptions and increase resilience

By Ram Ganeshan, Tonya Boone

Pexels

Democracy and society

On the importance of disagreement

For democracy to survive, we need in-depth engagements with different perspectives and arguments — and not black and white thinking

By Anja Wehler-Schöck

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Ukraine, NATO, and a Zeitenwende

Many NATO members are watching the war in Ukraine unfold without grasping the reality of the situation. They must rethink NATO’s strategic future

By Paul Mason

Pixabay

Economy and ecology

The coming world order

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the existing world order — and with it the global energy, production, distribution, and financial systems

By Marc Saxer

Reuters

Democracy and society

What’s next for African and Asian war refugees?

African and Asian students who fled the war in Ukraine face not just the racism of Europe’s refugee policy, but also an uncertain educational future

By Emmanuel Achiri, Hrishabh Sandilya

Canva

Democracy and society

The implosion of history

The war in Ukraine is rooted in a multitude of historical events and timelines that have been compressed into a single destructive phenomenon

By Michael Marder

Pixabay

Future of social democracy

Time to decamp from cold-war ideas

Those sections of the left which still think of the world in blocs are guilty of blocked thinking

By Sheri Berman

Pexels

Economy and ecology

Who should be responsible for emissions reductions?

Carbon taxes disproportionally hit the poor — both in the Global North and South. Instead, climate policies should tackle the consumption of the rich

By Jayati Ghosh

Pexels

Foreign and security policy

Why going green is the answer to the West’s security dilemma

The war in Ukraine exposed Europe’s energy dependency — and showed that the transition to clean energy is a global security imperative

By Erin Sikorsky