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A new tone in EU-China relations

Corona, Hong Kong, propaganda: The list of dissonances with Beijing is getting longer. We need a new EU-China policy

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The myth of Trump’s revenge campaign

Trump's plan to withdraw US troops from Germany are by no means based on a whim. Europe is simply losing its significance

By Payam Ghalehdar

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North Korea increases the pressure

Through targeted provocations, Pyongyang wants to strengthen its position and achieve a relaxation of sanctions

By Henning Effner

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Sanctions will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe

Unilateral sanctions by Western governments hinder the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic. They need to be lifted

By Susanne Grabenhorst

Reuters

Jordan’s catch-22

Israel’s latest annexation plans present an impossible choice for Jordan, the Middle East’s anchor of stability

By Tim Petschulat

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The new empty argument against trade

If anything, the current crisis offers powerful evidence of why we need global supply chains and widely distributed production

By Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg

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Confronting China

If China wishes to lead the world, it will have to offer more than money and intimidation

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Global Quarantine X

International cooperation is under pressure in the corona pandemic. The G20, UN and IMF are bucking the trend

By Jochen Steinhilber and Bettina Luise Rürup and Elisabeth Bollrich

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The global data divide

The coronavirus is driving digitalisation – which will likely hurt the Global South. And the EU isn't entirely innocent

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The international order after Covid-19

Crises tend to intensify and accelerate preexisting trends – in this case, the rise of anti-globalist nativism

By Robert Malley