Foreign and security policy | Abdullah Fahimi The price of silenceFive years of Taliban rule raise an uncomfortable question: what exactly has isolation achieved?
Work and digitalisationTransparency is great, but have you tried real accountability? Europe is right to require people to know when AI is involved. The next step is giving workers a meaningful way to challenge its decisions By Gleb Tsipursky
Foreign and security policyPakistan the peacemaker With tensions rising, Islamabad has stepped into a pivotal role, helping sustain the only viable channel between Washington and Tehran By Eldar Mamedov
Economy and ecologyConcrete fever In an ever-hotter Europe, how we design our streets will become one of the defining political decisions of our time By Javi López
Foreign and security policyThe price is not high enough Losses will not stop Russia. To achieve peace, Ukraine must ensure that the war is not merely costly, but strategically futile for the Kremlin By Nickolay Kapitonenko
Economy and ecologyEarth’s last ownerless territory The race for Antarctica is still guided by old ideas of sovereignty. It’s time to stop claiming and start protecting By Florencia Davidzon
Democracy and societyThe many faces of Ceuta Migration, geopolitics, social media and history all shaped the events in the Spanish exclave. Europe’s response must reflect that complexity By Anna Terrón
Economy and ecologyHere he goes again Trump’s tariff war has found a new justification. Yet if he were truly concerned about forced labour, he would address the problem at home By Joseph E. Stiglitz
Pakistan the peacemaker With tensions rising, Islamabad has stepped into a pivotal role, helping sustain the only viable channel between Washington and Tehran
The limits of fear As Putin’s repressive state tightens its grip, Russians are finding ever subtler ways to resist
Concrete fever In an ever-hotter Europe, how we design our streets will become one of the defining political decisions of our time