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What’s really behind Canada’s ‘trucker protests’

The protests were never about truckers, vaccine mandates, or Covid restrictions. Instead, they exposed the threat of home-grown right-wing extremism

By Jordan Leichnitz

Reuters

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The weaponisation of Libya’s elections

Libya was supposed to hold elections early this year. Instead, it now has two rival political administrations — a return of the divisions of the past

By Anas El Gomati

Reuters

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Boris Johnson: a political career in freefall

The Conservative Party used to be famed for its pragmatic retention of power. It’s lost that muscle memory

By Paul Mason

Reuters

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China’s Olympic-sized challenge

The upcoming start of the Beijing Winter Olympics has added pressure on China to fight Omicron. But its ‘zero Covid’ strategy is unsustainable

By Björn Alpermann

Reuters

Democracy and society

The Global South moves towards vaccine sovereignty

In 2021, Global South countries came out on the short end of vaccine supply deals. In 2022, they are building capacity to produce vaccines themselves

By Svenja Blanke, Felix Kolbitz, Oliver Dickson

Reuters

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Why the Democrats need to get behind power politics

Under Trump's leadership, the Republican Party is threatening democracy in America. The Democrats need to wake up and adopt their opponents’ tactics

By Thomas Greven

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The story versus the statistic

Behind each number there is a story. Social scientists need to learn how to tell these better if they want to catch the attention of the public

By Kate Pickett

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Money makes the world go round

The Pandora Papers have shown that the rich elite help each other stay in power. This creates a rift in our society and damages democracy

By Kai Lindemann

Reuters

Democracy and society

Austria's vaccine mandate is no example to follow

Inconsistent, toothless, politically toxic. Why Austria's new mandatory vaccination law is not a model for other European countries to follow

By Barbara Tóth

Reuters

Democracy and society

BoJo has served his purpose

Boris Johnson's days in office may be numbered. But the Tories don't need him to continue advancing anti-social, anti-democratic policies

By Michèle Auga