War in the time of digital platforms
The war in Ukraine has highlighted how states and platforms are increasingly in military lock-step.
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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.
In an increasingly insecure world, Europe should sponsor a renewal of rules-based multilateralism.
The explosive tensions of recent weeks have exposed the limits of the dialogue brokered by the European Union.
Faced with financial and political pressures at home, Poland is inching closer to rule-of-law reforms.
The vetoing of Romania and Bulgaria joining the Schengen zone sent bad signals to the south-eastern EU member states.
The Gulf state’s pursuit of influence shines a light on a systemic problem for the EU—and it’s not a good look.
Deeper and more systemic relations between the European Union and Africa, Nicoletta Pirozzi writes, would benefit both continents.
Robert Misik argues today’s extreme right is sponsoring a brutalisation comparable to historical fascism.
For the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, the European Union is the enemy, not Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Despite Ukraine, Paul Mason writes, Europe is still not awake to the security threat it faces.
This winter, the European Union is facing a multidimensional crisis which could exacerbate intra-EU divisions and power asymmetries.
Facing a deeply divided country and mounting global crises, Brazil’s president-elect has his work cut out.
‘National security’ has become the new excuse to spy on political opponents and journalists in Europe.
In the neoliberal era, economics marginalised the social sciences. But, Sheri Berman writes, only politics can tame capitalism’s chaotic gyrations.
While Jair Bolsonaro has been voted out of office, the forces that empowered him retain considerable influence.
In a world of interlocking crises, Jayati Ghosh finds an antidote to despair in the potential of mobilisation for a new eco-social contract.
A raft of new instruments are required to address the rentier capitalism of today and the threat to the ecosphere.