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Latin America

A crisis of historic proportions

Michael Langer in Caracas on the situation following the attempted assassination of President Maduro

By Michael Langer

EPA

Africa

More of the same?

The first election in Zimbabwe after Mugabe's 37-year rule probably won't deliver more democracy

By Ulrich Golaszinski

EPA

North America

Trump’s battle against civil rights

The US president is systematically rolling back Obama’s policies, but a growing resistance led by women is up for the fight

By Lecia Brooks

Pexels

Global

The lack of democracy in the international financial order

Illicit financial flows and the offshore world are disproportionately hurting developing countries

By Neeti Biyani

EPA

Global

Before the next storm

How to strengthen small island states

By Jorge Moreira da Silva

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Democracy and society

The long road to democracy

Why a neoliberal path to democratic development won’t work in the Caucasus

By Bakar Berekashvili, Tato Khundadze

EPA

The politics of housing

A bold approach to public housing

Western nations could learn a thing or two from Singapore’s public housing model. But can it really be replicated abroad?

By Adrienne Woltersdorf

EPA

Interviews

Middle class rage

Tim Petschulat in Amman reports on the social protests in Jordan

EPA

Global

The world is an UN-holy mess

When Germany takes its seat on the UN Security Council, the country must save and expand the UN Charter. Three proposals

By Michael von der Schulenburg

Pexels

Europe

Home is where the heart Is

Governments need to seriously reassess housing policy if they are to tackle entrenched inequality and exclusion

By Wanda Wyporska