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International relationsThe Iran Deal's 'You First' dilemma Both Washington and Tehran are caught up in mutually exclusive demands — namely that the other should move first By Cornelius Adebahr
International relationsGlobal vaccination III Vaccines are in short supply. So why not get a jab of Sputnik V and Sinopharm? Dispatches from Serbia, Argentina and Canada By Max Brändle , Svenja Blanke , Jordan Leichnitz
International relationsKim is waiting for Joe — but for how long? With problems at home to solve, Biden doesn't put a high priority on North Korea. But Pyongyang could quickly lose patience By Herbert Wulf
International relationsHow Biden can boost the global economy A people's vaccine, corporate tax, climate action. A few simple steps Biden could take for a more equitable global recovery By Jayati Ghosh
International relationsUS exceptionalism is dead, long live US exceptionalism The idea of American exceptionalism is clearly bankrupt. But Biden's foreign policy still offers a slimmed-down version of it By Paul Hockenos
Indonesia’s return to an authoritarian developmental state With the passing of the anti-worker Omnibus Law, President Jokowi's administration follows the path of Indonesia's dark past
Europe could make good use of a new SDR allocation As the G20 just agreed on a new allocation of special drawing rights, the IMF’s reserve asset, Europe should transfer its shares to poor countries
Failing to collect data about women is no trivial offence As data informs the way we design our world — from infrastructure to medical research —, the ‘gender data gap’ can become a matter of life or death