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War in the time of digital platforms

The war in Ukraine has highlighted how states and platforms are increasingly in military lock-step.

To counter Russian disinformation and take on populist parties, European politicians should shape the debate around Ukrainian refugees.

Russian soldiers’ mothers are not demonstrating the strong opposition they have in previous conflicts.

Lisa Pelling’s parents moved to Nicaragua to support the revolution. Its leader, she writes, has turned it into a tyranny.

The European Political Community will be a distraction, at best, in the institutional architecture of the continent.

The world made some progress in 2022 on climate change and protecting nature but entrenched interests remain to be overcome.

In an increasingly insecure world, Europe should sponsor a renewal of rules-based multilateralism.

Anxiety about the state of democracy amid political polarisation should direct us to an unexpected answer—economic citizenship.

The explosive tensions of recent weeks have exposed the limits of the dialogue brokered by the European Union.

The gender pay gap is stubborn because several factors underpin it. Action is needed on all of them.

Reducing working time is necessary to decouple work from growth. Well designed, it could redistribute care more evenly.

Documents from the International Gas Union have revealed the strategy of disinformation pursued by the powerful lobby.

Strong climate governance means holding governments to account. The EU institutions have shied away from doing so.

The EU’s Nature Restoration Law must implement key COP15 outcomes on biodiversity—in very short order.

Faced with financial and political pressures at home, Poland is inching closer to rule-of-law reforms.