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Foreign and security policy

How do wars end?

Trump’s plan for peace in Gaza was drafted without key parties, then presented with ultimatums — hardly a foundation for lasting peace

By René Wildangel

picture alliance / Anadolu | Hassan Jedi

Foreign and security policy

How nonviolent action might save Gaza

Gaza has become the harshest test of international humanitarian law since Rwanda — yet the world’s most vital protection framework remains unused

By Charles Webel

picture alliance / Anadolu | Moiz Salhi

Foreign and security policy

Starvation is no accident

Anyone talking about Gaza cannot ignore Israel’s intentions. Human suffering is part of their war strategy

By Jannis Grimm

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Foreign and security policy

Architects of a new order

The Saudi-Pakistan defence pact tilts the balance of power in the Middle East. A post-American order is taking shape, but with it comes new volatility

By Marcus Schneider, Felix Kolbitz

picture alliance / Reuters | Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Foreign and security policy

Another red line crossed

Israel’s attack on Doha shatters diplomacy — and jeopardises the security of the entire Gulf region

By Marcus Schneider

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Foreign and security policy

Too little, too late

While calls for the recognition of a Palestinian state may serve diplomacy, they do not serve the Palestinians

By Manal A. Jamal

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Foreign and security policy

The death of EU values in Gaza

The time for hand-wringing and empty declarations is over. The EU has ample tools at its disposal to pressure Israel to end its brutal war in Gaza

By Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff

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Democracy and society

‘Genocide is the only term that fits’

Genocide scholar Omer Bartov on Israel’s conduct towards the Palestinian population, the situation in Gaza and Germany’s responsibility

By Omer Bartov

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Democracy and society

More than a game

In today’s changing world order, sport has become a means of projecting power and diversifying the economy. Saudi Arabia is a prime example

By Sebastian Sons

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Foreign and security policy

In the eye of the storm

The Iran-Israel conflict tests more than alliances. In Iraq, it exposes a fragile state’s unresolved question: who really sets its foreign policy?

By Ali Taher Alhammood