GlobalThe new space wars The conflicts of the big military powers are increasingly taking place in outer space. This is a major threat to global security By Daniel A. Porras
Foreign and security policy'Central Asia has always been important for Europe' The influence of political heavyweights China and Russia in Central Asia grows. Peter Burian on Europe's role in the region By Peter Burian
Latin AmericaThe global footprint of right-wing populists The triumph of the right is changing the world order. And Bolsonaro's Brazil is at the forefront of it all By Katharina De Moura Hofmann
North AmericaThe Epstein suicide conspiracies Each news cycle shows how our information system is poisoned By Charlie Warzel
Foreign and security policyA New START? In the age of Trump, arms control needs a relaunch: it will either be multilateral or it will not be at all By Oliver Thränert
EuropeThe IMF bargain Europe must get beyond seeing the head of the International Monetary Fund as part of the spoils from Bretton Woods By Adam Tooze
EuropeDawn breaks on new era in EU-Russia relations An EU focussed on itself currently lacks appetite for enlargement. That's why relations with Russia might enter a new era By Fyodor Lukyanov
GlobalCan multilateralism survive the Sino-American rivalry? In great-power rivalries, international organisations need to facilitate cooperation toward specifically defined goals By Ngaire Woods
Foreign and security policyRussia's Iranian stakes Why Moscow will not take part in placing Iran under more pressure. A Russian perspective on the nuclear dispute By Andrey Baklitskiy
Latin AmericaA bad deal? Civil society looks at the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement as a defeat, not a victory — and now France threatens to block it By Susanne Stollreiter