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Belarus’s deepening dependence on Russia: economic decline, repression and militarisation

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - October 27, 2026.

Belarus is becoming increasingly dependent on Russia as economic stagnation, political repression and militarisation reinforce one another.  The Alexander Lukashenko regime’s administrative control over the economy...

Brother Trump’s Traveling Salvation Show might be doing more harm than good for his fellow Republicans

US James Oliphant - October 27, 2026.

President Donald Trump stopped by the Michigan border town of Port Huron on Sunday for a get-out-the-vote rally during which he did the following things:  told...

Governments between managing capitalism and transforming it

Economy Mariana Mazzucato - Anna Hope Emerson - October 26, 2026.

Governments around the world say they have no room to act. Although inequality and the cost of living are rising, fiscal space, we are told,...

Can the outcome of Israel's election change its policies towards the Palestinians?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - October 26, 2026.

Even if Tuesday’s pivotal elections in Israel mark the end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decades-long political career, his legacy in the Israeli-occupied West Bank...

Trump's grand plan for the Americas is in shambles

Politics Jeremy Adelman - October 26, 2026.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory in Brazil’s presidential election is a blow to Donald Trump’s plan for the Western Hemisphere. The US president was hoping...

After Vučić, Europe must win over Serbia again

Eastern Europe The Editorial Board - October 26, 2026.

European capitals have good reason to welcome the electoral defeat of long-time Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić, but they still do not have sufficient grounds to...

How Sánchez’s chainsaw destroyed salaries, homes and affordability

Economy Daniel Lacalle - October 26, 2026.

Javier Milei took the chainsaw to useless, clientelist political spending. Pedro Sánchez has taken it to family budgets, access to housing and the savings of...

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