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The World Trade Organization is dying

And that's not just because of Donald Trump. With its agenda of hyperglobalisation, the WTO has precipitated its own decline

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A Chinese perspective on German foreign policy

Germany needs to find its way at a time when the multilateral world order is faltering and foreign policy egomania is rampant

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A truly geopolitical EU Commission?

Rather than playing geopolitical games itself, von der Leyen’s Commission should be critical of the very notion of geopolitics

By Marius Müller-Hennig

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Us against the rest

While Turkish society is deeply divided, a large majority supports the invasion of Northern Syria. How is that possible?

By Philipp Mattheis

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When two elephants fight

Unstable relations between Nigeria and South Africa threaten the future of pan-African integration

By Ulrich Thum and Bastian Schulz

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The other trade war

A trade war has flared up between Nigeria and neighbouring Benin. It's about personal interests of the powerful

By Hans-Joachim Preuss

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Does Trump want to be impeached?

Why the US President isn't stumbling backward toward impeachment, but might actually be eager for the fight

By Ross Douthat

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'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

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The 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 Hofmann De Moura

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The IMF bargain

Europe must get beyond seeing the head of the International Monetary Fund as part of the spoils from Bretton Woods