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BSW party chairwoman Sahra Wagenknecht speaks at the BSW election party after the first exit polls for the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony are released, in Erfurt, Germany, September 1, 2024
[Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP] 
SAHRA WAGENKNECHT and her new left-wing alliance, BSW, look set to keep the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) from gaining power in Thuringia — despite the AfD’s victory in Sunday’s state election.
The success of the AfD in two state elections piled new pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s struggling government.
Chancellor Scholz described the results as “worrying.”
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
