Democracy and society | Nick Garland The search for a ‘We’ The right has a definition. Social democracy is still struggling to find an answer. Andy Burnham could change that
Work and digitalisationTech’s own goal The tech industry wants Americans to embrace AI. Its war on the government and its institutions may make that impossible By Ngaire Woods
Economy and ecologyCan the IMF help restore Senegal’s room to manoeuvre? In 2025, an audit exposing massive hidden debts plunged Senegal into crisis. A new loan agreement might offer some relief By Elisabeth Bollrich
Foreign and security policyThe Sahel’s new dependency The Sahelian juntas promised greater sovereignty. Their reliance on Russian forces may be producing the opposite By Zikora Ibeh
Democracy and societyExperts call this normalisation Four years of right-wing rule have shifted Sweden’s political centre. Can the left reverse the trend? By Kristina Birke Daniels
Democracy and societyWhat Alternative? The far right’s election breakthrough in eastern Germany is about more than protest By David Fleschen
Democracy and societyIf they’re too strong, you’re too weak The Saxony-Anhalt election has once again shown that people vote for parties because they expect them to solve problems By Nikolaos Gavalakis
Foreign and security policyA lesson from the North Few countries depend on the US as heavily as Canada — yet it is standing up to Trump. Europe should take note By Jordan Leichnitz
Can the IMF help restore Senegal’s room to manoeuvre? In 2025, an audit exposing massive hidden debts plunged Senegal into crisis. A new loan agreement might offer some relief
The Sahel’s new dependency The Sahelian juntas promised greater sovereignty. Their reliance on Russian forces may be producing the opposite
Tech’s own goal The tech industry wants Americans to embrace AI. Its war on the government and its institutions may make that impossible