After the coup in Myanmar, the military junta has conscripted men as soldiers. Trapped between militarized power and unseen oppression, men struggle with trauma, fail their traditional provider roles, and are forced to replicate the unjustness they once resisted.

Domestic violence and hegemonic masuclinity are deeply entwined in China – they reinforce and stabilize each other, to the detriment of women. Our author pleads for an alternative thinking about masculinity in general – drawn from pre-modern concepts and Bruce Lee.

Rigid gender norms in Cambodia continue to reinforce a version of masculinity that tends to stifle progress toward gender equality. These outdated norms harm both women and men, fueling gender-based violence, and stigmatizing nonconformity.

Germany risks not only lives but also its credibility as an international partner.

In November 2024, the collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad killed 16 people and sparked a protest wave in Serbia. Despite brutal repression by the regime, a decentralised movement is now demanding accountability and new elections.

Masculinity among the ethnic communities of Myanmar should not just be seen as biological or as a result of gender inequality. It is deeply rooted in a cultural and social framework that has shaped daily life for generations.

What happens, when cultural anxieties around sexual and gendered norms meet the ghost of Pontianak, the vengeful spectre of victims of sexual assault? The poet Marylyn Tan has them meet in a haunted ballroom – and gives us a glimpse of this in a fiery spoken word piece.

Has time been called on the Sustainable Development Goals? Adam Tooze argues in his keynote speech at the Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2025, that the Sustainable Development Agenda has always been in conflict with U.S. hegemony.

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Brazil is positioning itself as an important player for multilateralism and international law in global crises and geopolitical upheavals. This raises high hopes for COP30 in November under the Brazilian presidency – but the challenges are also immense.