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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

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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

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Economy and ecology

China takes the climate stage

China's commitment to carbon neutrality by 2060 is the most dramatic move in climate politics since the Paris Agreement

By Adam Tooze

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Democracy and society

Golden Dawn verdict—no sunset for the far right

With authoritarian conservatives in the White House and the Kremlin it’s no surprise the far right is thriving in Europe

By Paul Mason

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Future of social democracy

The IMF’s return to austerity?

US intransigence at the IMF may leave middle and low-income countries unable to recover for years to come

By Kevin P. Gallagher

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Future of social democracy

A multicoloured New Deal

With extreme poverty rising and climate breakdown accelerating, we need to mobilise for a green, purple and red New Deal

By Jayati Ghosh