North AmericaA president just like Trump? Donald Trump likes to liken himself to former US president Andrew Jackson. But does the comparison really hold? By Claus Leggewie
Latin AmericaLet a hundred businesses bloom China is investing heavily in Latin America, but benefits to the continent may prove negligible By Sandra Weiss
Foreign and security policyJuncker’s dangerous defence strategy The European Commission wants to dictate defence policy in the EU. We mustn’t let it. By Ana Palacio
EuropeBound no more Fed up of watching male-only discussion panels, a group of think-tankers launched the Brussels Binder – a database of female experts. By Corinna Hörst
GlobalWhen Uncle Sam stays at home Trump’s ‘America First’ policy is prompting other countries to take leadership on an array of issues – and that’s no bad thing. By Ngaire Woods
Foreign and security policyEllen Johnson Sirleaf scores another goal for women The former Liberian president wins the prestigious Mo Ibrahim Prize By Paul Okolo
AsiaOn your marks, get set… stop The Winter Olympics will not defuse the North Korea crisis By Herbert Wulf
GlobalDavos 2018: call the doctor How the super-rich created the ‘fractured world’ they claim to want to heal By Víctor Báez Mosqueira
Foreign and security policyA marriage on the rocks Relations between NATO and Turkey have never been worse. It’s time to fix that By Rayk Hähnlein
AsiaMenace from afar, chaos at the door For Beijing, the greatest threat to China’s national security is not the Kim regime: it is the US By Anny Boc