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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

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Global vaccination IV

Global vaccine fatigue is talking hold — before vaccinations have even started. Dispatches from Hungary, Senegal and Japan

By Beate Martin, Thomas Mättig, Sven Saaler

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

We should still be worried about a second cold war

Whether they admit it or not, many in the US establishment are following in Trump’s footsteps with their anti-China policy

By Branko Milanović

NASA

Future of social democracy

From moonshots to earthshots

To overcome the big crises of our time, we need a mission-oriented entrepreneurial state. The Apollo programme showed how this can work

By Mariana Mazzucato

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

The Iran Deal's 'You First' dilemma

Both Washington and Tehran are caught up in mutually exclusive demands — namely that the other should move first

By Cornelius Adebahr

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Global vaccination III

Vaccines are in short supply. So why not get a jab of Sputnik V and Sinopharm? Dispatches from Serbia, Argentina and Canada

By Max Brändle, Svenja Blanke, Jordan Leichnitz

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Kim is waiting for Joe — but for how long?

With problems at home to solve, Biden doesn't put a high priority on North Korea. But Pyongyang could quickly lose patience

By Herbert Wulf

Reuters

Democracy and society

Waive the patents, defeat the pandemic

The vaccine rollout is too slow, even in rich countries. A patent waiver could rapidly expand vaccine supplies — and deliver global justice

By Benny Kuruvilla