Anja Dargatz is the head of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s (FES) regional office in Venezuela. She previously headed the FES offices in Baden-Württemberg, Bolivia and Sudan. She worked in the Peace ...

Yaşar Aydın is a researcher at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor aimed to dismantle the ...

Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita since October 2024. He joined Rzeczpospolita in 2008 as head of the national department, later becoming deputy editor-in-chief. He won the Grand Press award in ...

For years, Eastern Europe was largely seen as a back-office tech outsourcing hub. Today, Ukraine is spearheading a new wave ...

The developments in Venezuela are deeply troubling. For that very reason, the region can no longer afford to look the other ...

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor aimed to dismantle the opposition. Instead, it united over 13 million citizens in political ...

Israel’s new offensive in Gaza is leading to famine and mass displacement. Germany cannot stand idly by for any longer ...

The war has strained global supply chains — from semiconductors to car parts. This calls for policies to mitigate disruptions and increase resilience The Russian invasion of Ukraine has not only ...

On 7 July 2021, the arrest of the former South African President, Jacob Zuma, plunged the country into a new wave of violent protests and looting. To date, at least 200 people have lost their lives, ...

With the disappointment of the 2023 counteroffensive and the shift to a brutal attritional war, the mood has darkened in the pro-Ukrainian information space. The West’s dramatic isolation over the ...

Reuters/Arnaud Paillard/Hans Lucas France is facing labour shortages which are increasing in many sectors – particularly construction, hotels and restaurants, health and personal care. In the wake of ...

The UN Climate Change Conference in Baku was shaken right at the start by the announcement that US President-elect Donald Trump was planning to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement once again.