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The global consequences of the war in Ukraine

Joschka Fischer

That Russia lacks the means to achieve its neo-imperial vision will not stop it from pursuing it to the bitter end.

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Taxing wealth to break billionaire dominance

Chiara Putaturo

As men in expensive suits discuss running the world at Davos this week, taxation can rein in their power.

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Gaza war: the genocide case against Israel

Carlo Aldrovandi

Whatever the legal determination, Israel already faces a symbolic reversal in the claim of 'genocide' against it in The Hague.

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Asylum and migration: a positive alternative policy

Gesine Schwan and Robin Wilson

It’s time for a Gestalt shift from curbing ‘irregular’ migration to pursuing integration for mutual benefit.

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When ‘never again’ becomes ‘again and again’

Gabriela Greilinger

The dalliance of the German AfD with neo-Nazis is echoed by the brazenness of the far right in Austria.

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Identity politics: in defence of ‘old white men’

Eszter Kováts

Arguments over who has a right to speak, Eszter Kováts writes, should give way to discussing what they say.

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Smersh: Putin reinstates Stalin’s anti-spy unit

Marina Miron and Rod Thornton

The move may be seen as a further indication of the increasing clampdown on all forms of internal dissent in Russia.

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Agreement on migration or political gesture?

Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas

The package to show Europe is in control of irregular arrivals is a triumph of performance over policy.

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The EU must rise to the enlargement challenge

Kirsty Hughes

A host of obstacles to realising the enlargement perspective of the summit in December can be surmounted with political will.

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Why organisations must embrace ‘open source’

Aurelie Jean, Guillaume Sibout, Mark Esposito and Terence Tse

Sharing information accelerates the pace of co-innovation, facilitating inter- and multi-disciplinary research and study.

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The west must face reality in Ukraine

Nina L Khrushcheva

Whereas the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is willing to throw everything at this war, Ukraine’s backers are losing their resolve.

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Germany: the ‘sick man’ of Europe—but ‘dumb’ as well?

Peter Bofinger

The austerity package stemming from an adverse Constitutional Court ruling, Peter Bofinger writes, defies logic.

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EU enlargement, reform and the missing citizens

Alberto Alemanno

EU institutional reform should be about the citizenry. So what happened to the Conference on the Future of Europe?

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The sustainability transition needs a new narrative

Imme Scholz

To ensure broad-based support for wholesale change, policy-makers will need to pursue an equitable transformation.

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Neoliberalism: still to shrug off its mortal coil

Colin Crouch

In 2011 Colin Crouch’s The Strange Non-death of Neoliberalism appeared to acclaim. Its author reflects on a shifting landscape since.

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