Archive: Opinion

Indonesia’s deforestation crisis: Can a just transition save its rainforests?

Opinion

12.04.2025

Indonesia plans to clear an area of rainforest the size of Belgium for sugarcane-based bioethanol and food crops, sparking fierce backlash from ...

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De-extinction: Scientific breakthrough or Pandora’s Box?

Opinion

10.04.2025

As biotech companies race to resurrect extinct species, policymakers face urgent questions about ecological risks, disease threats, and ...

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Silencing Solidarity: Europe’s lawfare against pro-Palestine activism

Opinion

7.04.2025

These incidents are neither rare nor disconnected: they form part of a concerning pattern of suppression of pro-Palestinian activism visible ...

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‘Signalgate’ gives Europe another reason for independent foreign policy

Opinion

1.04.2025

After the leaked Signal chat logs between senior US officials, Europeans must ask their leaders: how much longer do we want to be part of this ...

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Reclaiming resistance in an age of surveillance and authoritarianism

Opinion

26.03.2025

Meenakshi Thirukode looks at the criminalisation of dissent, the power of collective resistance, and highlights the urgent need to reclaim ...

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Trump’s meeting with NATO chief proves who still guides the military alliance

Opinion

25.03.2025

Despite perceived US-NATO tensions, the future of the alliance is being dictated by one country: the United States

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Europe in a state of emergency: The transformation into a military union and the risks of a catastrophic path

Opinion

24.03.2025

The decision by the EU to transform into a military union under the leadership of Von der Leyen represents a dangerous turn for Europe

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Trump’s crypto time bomb: Don’t trust his Bitcoin privateers

Opinion

20.03.2025

While he dismissed Bitcoin as a scam during his first White House stint, Donald Trump has now definitively changed tack

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German federal election 2025: The centrality of non-representation

Opinion

17.03.2025

If Germany wishes to truly move forward, it must abandon the convenient illusions of simplistic solutions and start addressing the structural ...

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