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This issue considers "Democracy in Question", looking at the future of democracy with articles from Ruth Wodak, Wolfgang Merkel, and Till van Rahden. Our Rector, Shalini Randeria and Permanent Fellow Timothy Snyder write on healthcare and politics. Protest movements in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine are considered as well as a focus on migration and border politics, including articles by IWM Permanent Fellow Ayşe Cağlar and Amade M’charek

In this issue Ivan Krastev considers how we can learn to live with the unthinkable. Ranabir Samaddar and Jiří Přibáň address the coronavirus pandemic. Eva Illouz writes on Social Demoracy and Capitalism and Laura Engelstein delves into the recurrent issue of Antismeitism.

In this issue Aleida Assmann consider the future of democracy, IWM fellows examine the events and legacy of 1989 and we think about globalisation in the context of inequality.

Ilija Trojanow interrogates utopian visions of the future, Ayşe Çağlar envisions a global order of migration and we think about the future of democracy and the legacies of the cold war.

Timothy Snyder, John Palattella and others celebrate the Vienna Humanities Festival, we look at the empowerment of women and bring the latest insights from our Europe's Futures and Democracy in Question programs.

As we celebrate the IIWM's 35th anniversary we debate the future of Europe, consider how people are rethinking democracy and contrast the old and new forms of war.