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picture alliance / Reuters | Abdul Saboor

California is taking on the ultra-rich

Could this be the start of a global movement to end tax impunity at the top?

picture alliance | Pool Union européenne / Agence Hans Lucas

European integration

Should Icelanders vote ‘yes’?

Iceland is taking the question of EU membership back to the ballot box. For the country’s small economy, the stakes are high

By Willem H. Buiter, Anne C. Sibert

picture alliance / NurPhoto | Morteza Nikoubazl

Foreign and security policy

A window into Tehran

Iran’s power transition has created room for diplomacy. But Europe’s chance to shape the new order may be passing faster than expected

By Ali Taghavi

picture alliance/dpa | Christophe Gateau

Democracy and society

The Western way of life as a target

Why the debate after the Berlin CSD attack may be missing the bigger picture

By Holger Marcks

picture alliance / Zoonar | Alexander Limbach

The terabyte trap

Swapping Palantir for a European equivalent may change who controls the technology, but not its democratic consequences

By Georgiana Banita

picture alliance / Middle East Images | Mustafa Noori

Holiday with the Taliban

Afghanistan is gaining popularity as a tourist destination. But what exactly are visitors seeing — and what remains out of sight?

By Leonore von Arnim

picture alliance / SvenSimon

Strength needs limits

Europe is betting increasingly heavily on military power. But as rearmament accelerates, arms control is becoming more – not less – essential

By Lisa Müller-Dormann

picture alliance / Middle East Images | Mustafa Noori

The price of silence

Five years of Taliban rule raise an uncomfortable question: what exactly has isolation achieved?

By Abdullah Fahimi