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Democracy and society

Want vaccines fast? Suspend Intellectual Property Rights

Without a production of generic versions of the vaccine, there won’t be enough shots to go around — even in rich countries

By Achal Prabhala, Arjun Jayadev, Dean Baker

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Future of social democracy

The first global event in the history of humankind

While some talk of ‘deglobalisation’, the pandemic will push forward the globalisation of labour

By Branko Milanović

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Who gets it first?

The run on the coronavirus vaccines is also about power and image. Dispatches from Serbia, Argentina and Kenya

By Svenja Blanke, Jan Siebert, Max Brändle

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

A deal for the Asian century

The new mega trade deal RCEP is set to change the geo-economic and geopolitical map. The future of the international order will be decided in Asia

By Mirco Günther

Democracy and society

Sex-ratio imbalances have grim consequences for societies

A society with too little women — and too many ‘excess men’ — is more prone to conflict and violence

By Clara Neupert-Wentz

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

America, heal thyself

If the US is to resume its role as in the liberal international order, it needs to overcome the domestic divisions

By Ana Palacio

Reuters

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

Reuters

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

Reuters

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