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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

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Putin’s war is damaging the developing world

Russia’s invasion has led to increases in oil and food prices, further harming developing countries struggling to recover from the pandemic

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Democracy and society

Are vaccine mandates the solution to end the pandemic?

In an effort to protect their population and the health system, Ecuador, Greece, and Tajikistan have imposed vaccination mandates

By Constantin Groll, Philipp Jahn, Arne Schildberg

Reuters

Economy and ecology

How crypto is undermining the energy transition

As cryptocurrencies become more energy-intensive, power outages force governments around the globe to pull the plug on crypto mining

By Boris Schneider