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Democracy and society

Holding multinational corporations accountable for human rights

Most Global South countries support a UN treaty on multinational companies’ responsibility to uphold human rights. The US and EU need to stop ignoring it

By Carlos López

Reuters

Democracy and society

The beginning of the end for Viktor Orbán?

The conservative small-town mayor Péter Márki-Zay has won the primary of Hungary's united opposition. And he has a good chance of beating Orbán

By Szilárd Pap

Reuters

Democracy and society

The radicalisation of Austrian conservatism

Sebastian Kurz resigned after a series of major scandals. But he still wields power over the Conservatives that radicalised under his leadership

By Natascha Strobl

Reuters

Democracy and society

After Czechia's vote, it all comes down to the president

Andrej Babiš’s right-wing populist ANO party lost ground in the Czech elections. But Babiš may still have an ace up his sleeve: President Miloš Zeman

By Urban Überschär

Reuters

Democracy and society

The Pandora Papers and the threat to democracy

Property laws have long been written by and for the wealthy. But the more they insist that their actions are legal, the less the public trusts the law

By Katharina Pistor

Reuters

Interviews

'Once you get left behind in the space age, you’re never catching up'

Space governance expert Timiebi Aganaba on billionaires in space, parallels with colonialism on earth, and the future space economy

Reuters

Democracy and society

In Iraq, you can't vote out the ‘muhasasa’

In 2019, the largest-ever mass protests in Iraqi history brought down the government. But the upcoming elections may further entrench a corrupt system

By Tim Petschulat

Reuters

Democracy and society

Coming second in the game of life

The pandemic has shown once more that a higher accumulation of wealth can save a life. It is time to level the playing field

By Kate Pickett

Reuters

Democracy and society

Views from abroad: the German elections

The upcoming German elections are perhaps the most hotly contested in over a decade. But how are they perceived in Warsaw, Paris, and Kyiv?

By Ernst Hillebrand, Thomas Manz, Marcel Röthig

Reuters

Democracy and society

Putin still sits firmly in the saddle

Dissatisfaction among the Russian population is growing. Nevertheless, voteres preferred to play it safe in the recent parliamentary elections

By Peer Teschendorf