Often, it is claimed, that traditions are part and parcel of the natural order of things. Yet they are human-made – and everything we make, we can also change, says Aminata Touré in reference to Awa Fall-Diop.

At February’s Munich Security Conference, Merz, Macron, von der Leyen and Co. testified to Europe's strength and independence. But concrete, independent strategies are often lacking. Europe now has the opportunity to play to its own strengths, including in the area of energy independence and sustainability.

Senegal is struggling under an oppressive debt burden; recent bloody student protests bear witness to this. The country needs international support to prevent another West African democracy from faltering. 

This dossier brings together perspectives from China and India on their respective objectives and strategies toward the Global South. It also includes analyses by experts from Chile, Indonesia, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Europe.

Women’s unpaid labor continues to prop up economies while remaining invisible in GDP. Felogene Anumo exposes how fiscal systems rely on women as shock absorbers - and argues it’s time to rewrite the economic rules that keep care undervalued and women overburdened.

Namibia has shattered glass ceilings with women now holding its highest offices - but representation alone cannot dismantle patriarchy. The country stands at a crossroads between symbolic progress and true transformation.