North AmericaTrump’s executive orders are covering his left and right flanks Worringly, Trump's is moving further left to keep Americans from losing their homes during a crisis than Obama did By Branko Marcetic
Latin AmericaBolivia's political limbo In the run-up to the elections in October, Bolivia is more polarised than ever. It's not clear whether that will change after By Jan Souverein
Future of social democracyJust another transition The European Green Deal won't deliver justice for workers in Europe's East — just like the economic transition 30 years ago By Bohumil Čáp
The corona crisisWhat’s wrong with Africa’s coronavirus numbers? At the onset of the pandemic, it was feared Covid-19 could reach catastrophic levels in Africa — but the numbers remain low By Eugene Ngumi
Future of social democracyWhere did Trumpism come from? The best way to understand the deep problems facing US democracy is to look at the Republicans' steady march to the right By Sheri Berman
EuropeSweden's never-ending debate on migration A cross-party consensus on migration was supposed to choke off the right-wing populists. The attempt failed spectacularly By Jesper Bengtsson
GlobalThe post-capitalist hit of the summer The pandemic has led to a first in the history of capitalism: financiers don’t give a damn about the real economy anymore By Yanis Varoufakis
AsiaA Trump-like anti-intellectual Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, steps down. During his tenure, he failed to achieve most of his goals By Sven Saaler
EuropeWhy women deserve a four-day week The pandemic has shown only too clearly: women are still doing far more unpaid work than men. A four-day week, however, could help shift the balance By Helen Hester
North AmericaTrump and the politics of ‘mean world’ The Republican convention was a four-day cavalcade of the mean world alarmism thriving on fear By David Brooks
