2026

UN REFORM: ‘The UN is supposed to be a counterweight to regressive trends, not a reflection of them’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Gender equality under siege at the UN

Commission on the Status of Women sees Trump administration attack women’s rights while civil society holds firm

AFRICA: ‘The African Union must live up to its principles in practice, not just on paper’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Post-protest Bangladesh: restoration more than renewal

Bangladesh’s first credible election in almost two decades delivers change, but not the transformation Gen Z protested for

GERMANY: ‘The goal is a resilient democracy that doesn’t just react to the far right but builds alternatives’

ITALY: ‘White supremacist concepts are entering mainstream political discourse on migration’

Nepal’s Gen Z electoral revolution

New government has strong mandate for change, but civil society needs to hold it to account

PORTUGAL: ‘The far right’s electoral legitimacy can eventually become governmental power’

Gaza: ceasefire an illusion

Killings continue while Trump allies impose external governance plan

CONFLICT | CRISIS

KAZAKHSTAN: ‘This constitution is the final institutional lock on authoritarian rule’