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War in the time of digital platforms

Dario Guarascio, Andrea Coveri and Claudio Cozza

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

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Ukraine: the risk of ‘refugee fatigue’

Joanna Hosa and Gabrielė Valodskaitė

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

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The Ukraine war and Russian soldiers’ mothers

Jennifer Mathers and Natasha Danilova

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

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Nicaragua: from liberation to a new dictatorship

Lisa Pelling

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

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EPC: an idea whose time has not come

Jan Willem Goudriaan and Sanat Sogani

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

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An annual check-up for the climate movement

May Boeve

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

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Remaking a rules-based world order

Marc Saxer

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

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Democracy and the future of work

Christophe Sente

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

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North Kosovo: time to turn to civil society

Ian Bancroft

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

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Pay transparency yes, but we need more for equal pay

Kalina Arabadjieva

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

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A feminist view of working-time reductions

Katy Wiese

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

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‘Gaslighting’ Europe on fossil fuels

Faye Holder

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

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Legal challenges by NGOs, citizens key to climate battle

Frederik Hafen and Romain Didi

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

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Biodiversity: the EU and the race against time

Laura Hildt and Ioannis Agapakis

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

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The final countdown: the EU, Poland and the rule of law

Piotr Buras

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

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The EU is belatedly awakening to a changing Mediterranean sea, where more assertive regional powers are reclaiming a role.

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