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Wanted for Work, Left to Arrive

Senta Schubert | Dresden

Germany is increasingly dependent on international skilled workers. Yet, research suggests that even those who have achieved many of the typical markers of integration still consider leaving, and a substantial number eventually do. This article explores the paradox behind “successful” integration. It examines a blind spot Germany may have in its efforts to ease the arrival of skilled immigrants as it prepares for a major societal shift.

Wanted for Work, Left to Arrive

Dying on one’s own terms: France’s new law

Martin Omnès | Paris

France’s adoption of an assisted-dying law shows a growing tolerance towards this practice among Western European countries. However, the law’s path towards its adoption revealed a French society divided on bioethical questions and broader tensions between European countries’ frameworks.

Dying on one’s own terms: France’s new law
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Senta Schubert

Dresden, Germany

Senta Schubert is an International Relations student at Dresden University of Technology in Germany. Her main interests lie in inequalities in rights,...

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The BBC: Britain’s Voice in the Information War

Aayaan Jafferi | Durham

The BBC is one of Britain’s most influential institutions, reaching hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet its importance extends beyond broadcasting. As funding pressures and geopolitical competition reshape the global information environment, changes to the BBC increasingly carry consequences for Britain’s influence abroad.

The BBC: Britain’s Voice in the Information War

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