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Democracy and society

This is what autocracy looks like

The question now is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond

By Michelle Goldberg

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Foreign and security policy

Flipping the table

Once a global leader, the US now obstructs the very goals it helped build — with global development falling victim to domestic politics

By Mark Leon Goldberg

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Democracy and society

Canada’s election rollercoaster

Mark Carney scored a stunning election win — but unless his government delivers fast, the Liberals could lose support as quickly as they regained it

By Jordan Leichnitz

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Democracy and society

Daring to dream of systemic change

The Democratic Party needs a progressive vision for the future — a bold, anti-establishment alternative to MAGA

By Marlies Murray

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Work and digitalisation

American brain drain?

The crazier the US seems, the more attractively sane Europe looks to much of the world — including foreign students and academics

By Polly Toynbee

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Economy and ecology

When friends become enemies

Trump’s tariff war is causing economic and political turmoil in neighbouring Canada. How is this affecting the election campaign?

By Jordan Leichnitz

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Democracy and society

How women should behave

The more important difference between Democrats and Republicans isn’t whether they are men or women, but their attitudes about gender

By Michael Tesler, John Sides, Colette Marcellin

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Foreign and security policy

Wild new world

Trump ushers in a new era for the United Nations. There are possibilities to shape it

By Matthias Jobelius

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Foreign and security policy

Trump’s Herculean task

Ending the Russia-Ukraine war won’t be that easy for the US president, but there are three reasons why he’d like to try anyway

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

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Economy and ecology

The art of the deal

Trump’s trade policy blends aggressive tariffs, legal manoeuvring and transactional diplomacy. But could he really blow up the global trade system?

By Luke Cooper