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Workers supervise the unloading of metro train cars in Bogota, after disembarking from China, in September 2025.

China in Latin America

An unexpected boost for democracy

Critics have warned that Chinese projects could chip away at democracy in Latin America. Our research suggests the opposite may be happening.

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by Marcela Ibáñez
by Alain Schläpfer

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Ghana’s foreign minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, at the opening of the Consultative Conference in Accra.

Slavery

Humanity’s gravest crime: “Recognition creates responsibility”

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by Dasmani Laary
Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov’s “Nord” yacht passed through the Strait of Hormuz in April 2026. Picture taken in the Eastern Bosphorus Strait in 2022.

Power and wealth

The oligarchs’ world is here. What can we do about it?

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by David Lingelbach
by Valentina Rodríguez Guerra
The “Road to Africa” project is testing the infrastructure for e-mobility in Africa by undertaking journeys through several countries.

E-mobility

Powering Africa’s trade: The promise of electric corridors

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by Kenny Suze
Will the UN Sustainable Development Goals be abandoned after 2030? Their future is uncertain.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Four future scenarios for the 2030 Agenda

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by Johannes Kummerow
by Jörn Geißelmann
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke at a protest in New Delhi in June.

Political satire

Why young Indians are proud to call themselves cockroaches

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by Roli Mahajan
Friedrich Merz and Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference in Jerusalem in December 2025.

Israel/Palestine

A distorted idea of the “reason of state”

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by Hans Dembowski
A view of Singapore’s Central Business District, which supplies large parts of Southeast Asia with capital.

Start-up funding

“Capital is not neutral”

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by Jennifer Ho
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Without press freedom, darkness prevails: Streetlights have been turned off in Cairo during an effort to save energy in March.

Press freedom

What it means to be a journalist in President Sisi’s Egypt

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by Mostafa Nabil
Romita Ghosh, founder of MAAP (Malnutrition Assessment and Action Plan).

India

Romita Ghosh uses AI to fight malnutrition

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by Romita Ghosh
by Roli Mahajan
Pre-school education is essential to ensure that children can keep up in primary school.

Literacy

Better early childhood education for Zambia’s future

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by Diana Sakala