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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

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Unsplendid isolation: Britain after ‘Brexit’

A Biden presidency — allied to an EU pursuing ‘strategic autonomy’ — leaves a ‘sovereign’ UK with a bit-part role

By Paul Mason

Reuters

Future of social democracy

Global vaccination II

Too few vaccinations and too little trust in the government. Dispatches from France, Nigeria and Brazil

By Benjamin Schreiber, Daniel Mann, Christoph Heuser

Reuters

The corona crisis

Global vaccination

Nothing is as political as the Covid-19 vaccination. Dispatches from Moscow, London and Warsaw

By Peer Teschendorf, Christos Katsioulis, Ernst Hillebrand

Pixabay

Future of social democracy

Closing the representation gap

Centre-left parties have become too bourgeois. The ensuing representation gap lies at the heart of democratic dissatisfaction

By Sheri Berman

Reuters

Democracy and society

China takes the lead in development finance

China has provided developing countries extra resources they had long sought from the West. But its lending has to become more sustainable

By Kevin P. Gallagher, Rebecca Ray

Reuters

Future of social democracy

The digital marketplace should be a public good

Regulating pandemic profiteers like Amazon is not enough. We need public ownership of essential digital infrastructure

By Daniel Kopp

Reuters

Future of social democracy

It’s time to rein in Amazon's empire

The pandemic has made Amazon the most powerful company in the world. We need to put a stop to its harmful practices

By Christy Hoffman