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German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Armin Laschet, Green party co-leader Annalena Baerbock and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) attend a television debate with presenters Tina Hassel and Wolfgang Ischinger in Berlin, Germany, June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Mang/Pool

Who will be the next chancellor of Germany?

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Jeremy Cliffe, Ben Walker, and Khuê Phạm

The New Statesman

Monday, August 2, 2021

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Merkel’s complicated legacy

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Elmira Bayrasli

Project Syndicate

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

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Illiberal allies

James Goldgeier, Mark Hannah, and Elmira Bayrasli

None Of The Above

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Leaders of Quad member countries meet in March 2021.

The Quad, Indian democracy, and Modi’s economic reforms

Tanvi Madan, Milan Vaishnav, and Sadanand Dhume

Grand Tamasha

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden smiles during a national security conference video call at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.

John R. Allen on restoring American leadership in 2021

John R. Allen and David Dollar

Monday, January 4, 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference following a meeting with international economic and financial organisations at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany May 20, 2020, on the effects of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Odd Andersen/Pool via REUTERS

Merkel’s pandemic moment

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Gideon Rachman

The Rachman Review

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shout slogans as they hold an Indian national flag during a march in support of a new citizenship law, in Kolkata, India, December 23, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri - RC201E9EOKGB

The mudslinging campaign and Barkha Dutt on the “fear” election of 2019

Tanvi Madan, Milan Vaishnav, and Sadanand Dhume

Grand Tamasha

Friday, April 24, 2020

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What’s driving populism’s rise on both sides of the Atlantic?

David Dollar and Célia Belin

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Marine Le Pen, National Front (FN) political party leader, and Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon attend a news conference, during the party's convention in Lille, France, March 10, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol - RC14728484E0

Highlights: Experts discuss the tensions between populist, nationalist, and democratic impulses

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

People stand in a queue outside a polling station during the Maharashtra state elections in Mumbai, India, October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas - RC1E9B4C56C0

State elections, the US, congress on Kashmir, and a Nobel Prize for India

Tanvi Madan, Milan Vaishnav, and Sadanand Dhume

Grand Tamasha

Tuesday, October 29, 2019