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Future of social democracy

Vaccine apartheid

An every-country-for-itself approach is irrational during a pandemic. And yet, that is exactly what many countries have done

By Jayati Ghosh

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Future of social democracy

The rise of right-wing nationalism

Donald Trump may have lost the US elections. But the conditions that brought authoritarians like him to power still persist

By Karin Pettersson

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Foreign and security policy

The global reaction to the US elections

Trump is out, Biden is in — so how are friends and foes reacting? Dispatches from China, Russia, Great Britain and Brazil

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Foreign and security policy

We finally need to involve women to build lasting peace

It takes more than just UN resolutions to protect women from the violence of war and involve them in peace-making

By Anja Papenfuss

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Foreign and security policy

The rise of regionalism

With an international order under pressure, regional diplomacy is offering a chance to pursue mutually beneficial cooperation

By Michael J. Oghia

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Democracy and society

The end of a beauty pageant for investors

The World Bank's Doing Business Index was manipulated to push neoliberal policies. Now it will finally be discontinued

By Helmut Reisen

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Foreign and security policy

Deglobalisation could be an opportunity for EU-Africa cooperation

As the pandemic reinforces a trend towards regional production, the EU and Africa should advance a new social contract

By Manfred Öhm, Henrik Maihack

Future of social democracy

How to move forward

How progressives can build effective political coalitions to reverse the populist victories since the financial crisis

By Sheri Berman

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Economy and ecology

The climate blueprint that Europe’s social democrats didn’t write

The US democratic socialists' Green New Deal is the vision that Europe’s Social Democrats should have drafted 20 years ago

By Paul Hockenos

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Why the EU-Mercosur trade deal needs to be put on ice

A trade deal with Mercosur is important for the EU, but not at any price. Currently, it would be a fig leaf for Bolsonaro's recklessness

By Yasmin Fahimi