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picture alliance / Anadolu | Lucas Aguayo Araos

The return of the iron fist?

Colombia is not just electing a president. The country faces a choice between authoritarian repression and political integration

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Wiktor Szymanowicz

Work and digitalisation

Less hype, more power?

In an age of AI anxiety, Europe’s obsession with rules may become a rare strategic advantage

By Lutz Frühbrodt

pa / reuters | Luc Gnago

Democracy and society

Drogba’s heirs

Côte d’Ivoire has emerged as one of Africa’s economic success stories. Yet beneath the surface, risks are mounting

By Thomas Claes

picture alliance / abaca | Jacovides Dominique/Pool/ABACA

Foreign and security policy

The illusion of quick fixes

Ukraine is back on the G7 agenda as US policy stumbles in Iran and Kyiv proves resilient

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

picture alliance / Anadolu | Stringer

The rich world’s rich problem

At this G7 summit, leaders must finally realise that inequality is no side issue, but a structural crisis cutting across rich and poor countries alike

By Adriana Abdenur

picture alliance / Reuters | Max Rossi

Til politics do us part

A decade after civil unions, Italy still doesn’t allow same-sex marriage — a sign of a political system unable to keep pace with its own society

By Andrea Enrici

picture alliance/AP Photo | Keith Srakocic

Stacked atlas

Trump is having constituencies redrawn to preserve his majority. Yet it is highly doubtful whether his plan will succeed

By Antonia Herzinger

Eco-friendly xenophobia

With its upcoming referendum, the Swiss far right is rebranding exclusion as sustainability. If it succeeds, expect copycats across Europe

By Julius E. O. Fintelmann