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Interviews

'We've seen a big global failure in the case of Covid-19'

On 11 March last year, the WHO declared Covid-19 a global pandemic. Former CDC director Tom Frieden on whether we're better prepared for the next one

Pexels

Democracy and society

Failing to collect data about women is no trivial offence

As data informs the way we design our world — from infrastructure to medical research —, the ‘gender data gap’ can become a matter of life or death

By Anja Papenfuss

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Global vaccination VI

Chile, the United States and Denmark are their continent's leaders in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. How did they do it?

By Simone Reperger, Knut Dethlefsen, Philipp Fink

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

A new era for the WTO?

Many Global South countries have been deeply disappointed by the crisis-stricken WTO. Its new director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, hopes to fix it

By Yvonne Bartmann

Reuters

Work and digitalisation

'More justice for workers worldwide'

Germany's binding legislation on human rights in supply chains is breaking new ground. An interview with German Minister of Labour Hubertus Heil

By Hubertus Heil

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Global vaccination V

Cuba's vaccine is almost ready — and will be offered to tourists. Turkey's campaign progresses quickly, while Kenya suffers from the global shortage

By Yesko Quiroga, Bastian Schulz, Felix Schmidt

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Europe’s ambitious parochialism

While the EU's response to Covid-19 expresses solidarity within Europe, it's falling short of delivering international solidarity

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Bitcoin lacks a unique selling proposition

Bitcoin’s Achilles heel is that it could be easily replaced by the around 8,000 other cryptocurrencies

By Peter Bofinger

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

We need raw material diplomacy, not conflict

Trade in valuable minerals often fuels violent conflicts. The EU's new approach to raw material diplomacy could change that

By Günther Maihold

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

How we can reach transatlantic agreement on Nord Stream 2

The dispute about gas imports from the east is neither new nor insoluble. The new US Secretary of State Blinken already mapped out a solution in 1987

By Nils Schmid