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Interviews

‘People have always expressed dissatisfaction but it's gotten to a dangerous level of anger’

The leader of the Canadian Social Democrats, Jagmeet Singh, on the consequences of the Ukraine war, inflation as well as polarisation in Canada

Reuters/ Kevin Lamarque

Democracy and society

A Democrats’ sigh of relief

The Democrats' performance in this year's US midterms was a surprising success. Still, the results laid bare that nothing is certain in 2024

By Marco Bitschnau

Reuters

Democracy and society

Joe Biden knows how to use Donald Trump

Midterm elections are typically bad for the president’s party. And yet, that’s not how this election looks, at least right now

By Ezra Klein

Reuters

Democracy and society

How the ‘War on Drugs’ failed

Since its launch, 50 years ago, the ‘War on Drugs’ caused violence and environmental destruction. Colombia's President urges to rethink this policy

By Catalina Niño, Oliver Dalichau

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Why businesses misbehave

Nowadays, the myth of heroic business no longer has much purchase. Yet, the tragedy of villainous business behaviour is that it is preventable

By Daron Acemoglu

Reuters

Democracy and society

If not Biden, then who?

With Joe Biden turning 80 and the halfway mark of his Presidency near, the question of who his political successor will be is still open

By Marco Bitschnau

Reuters

Democracy and society

Liz Cheney and the twilight of the old Republican elite

Liz Cheney’s loss in Wyoming’s primary election points to a deep existential conflict in the GOP. The outcome is impossible to determine

By Stephanie Muravchik, Jon Shields

Reuters

Democracy and society

Did the FBI just re-elect Donald Trump?

Most likely, the FBI had legitimate reasons for its search at Mar-a-Lago. But it may also have unintentionally improved Trump’s re-election chances

By David Brooks

Reuters

Democracy and society

We’ve seen what will happen next to America’s women

A radical right-wing minority has imposed an abortion ban through the Supreme Court. But the American people can still repair their democracy

By Elizabeth Warren, Tina Smith

Canva/ IPS

Democracy and society

Polarisation and the threat to democracy

The US is suffering under a tyranny of unrepresentative minorities. To safe democracy and fight polarisation majoritarian control is needed

By Sheri Berman