Security and defenceWe should still be worried about a second cold war Whether they admit it or not, many in the US establishment are following in Trump’s footsteps with their anti-China policy By Branko Milanović
Security and defenceAfghanistan is on the brink Violence is on the rise again in Afghanistan. Amid inevitable troop withdrawals, the question of dialogue with the Taliban shifts from 'if' to 'how' By Magdalena Kirchner
Security and defenceThe far right told us what it had planned. We didn’t listen The Capitol riots weren't Trumpism’s 'last gasp', but a performance of a long-held fantasy. And most perpetrators walked away to fight another day By Seyward Darby
Security and defenceFor a strategy of minimal deterrence Nuclear weapons don’t have to be stationed in Germany to keep Europe safe. A minimal stockpile is all that NATO needs By René Schlee
Security and defenceThe Nagarno-Karabakh war has ended. But the conflict continues With the Nagarno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan created facts by military means. But the larger conflict remains unresolved By Felix Hett
Security and defenceWe finally need to involve women to build lasting peace It takes more than just UN resolutions to protect women from the violence of war and involve them in peace-making By Anja Papenfuss
Security and defenceCanada has a white supremacist problem Canada—often viewed as a beacon of tolerance—has a growing white supremacist movement emboldened by events in the US By Jordan Leichnitz
Security and defenceRussia and the West don't need each other anymore The Navalny case is only pretext for a change in foreign policy that has been long in the making By Fyodor Lukyanov
Security and defenceThe resurgence of the US paramilitary right Right-wing paramilitary groups have a long tradition in the US. But never has the movement been so visible — and so violent By Thomas Grumke
Security and defenceThe Eastern Mediterranean quagmire The conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean is less about hydrocarbons than the future of the EU-Turkey relationship By Harry Tzimitras
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