EuropeAgainst the polarisation of society Why progressive parties sometimes need to be conservative to stop the populist revolts By Timo Lochocki
EuropeBack to the roots Why social democracy needs to represent ordinary people instead of middle-class cosmopolitans By Ernst Hillebrand
Europe‘It’s the democracy, stupid’ Certain Remainers’ claims that the Brexit referendum result should be discounted display a lack of democratic faith By Frances Foley
North AmericaTrump beyond the midterms The upcoming US midterm elections will not determine the future of the US President By Metin Hakverdi
Latin AmericaBolsonaro: the end of Brazilian democracy? Brazil now has the most extremist president of any democratic nation. What this means for the country By Thomas Manz
From my bookshelfReview of ‘For a Left Populism’ In this book, political scientist Chantal Mouffe argues that populism could be the only way to reinvigorate a faltering left By Paul Hockenos
EuropeThe nationalist cosmopolitan ...sounds like an oxymoron? Many voters don’t see it that way – and so don’t feel included in the current political debate By Jan Eichhorn
Latin AmericaBible, Beef and Bullets What a victory of Jair Messias Bolsonaro would mean for democracy in Brazil and the whole of Latin America By Pablo Stefanoni
GlobalThe false hero called digitalisation It's an illusion to think digitalisation will not destroy any jobs. In fact, they might be sacrificed on the altar of competitiveness By
GlobalWhatever it takes After 2008, the left failed to end neoliberalism. Ten years on, it has to get its act together and prevent another financial crisis By Wolfgang Schroeder
