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The eyes of the world's leading foreign policy wonks were all on Washington, DC, after President Joe Biden met with fellow democratic leaders at...

The surprise was great, and he staged it in his usual professional manner. Sebastian Kurz, who at 31 became Austria's youngest-ever chancellor, announced his...

With the European Commission set to adopt their proposal for a Directive on improving working conditions in platform work on December 8, the issue...

On December 9 and 10, President Biden will host a virtual “Summit for Democracy.” The gathering will bring together leaders from 110 countries who...

Fighting global warming is not just about providing a path to net-zero carbon emissions for all countries. It is also about figuring out how...

Problem gambling is a serious issue around the world. Studies suggest that as many as 1 in 12 people gamble at risky levels that...

“We need you back, Tim,” said nobody. “Coverage of what's happening in Georgia just isn't enough. Goddamit man, it's only Ani Chkhikvadze out there...

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently celebrated the end of her 16-year term in office in Berlin with a traditional military band playing hits...

A classic definition of the difference between a politician and a statesman is that, in disagreements with other nations, the latter can understand the...

Europe needs raw materials for the transition to a climate-neutral economy. This fact was also acknowledged in the newly negotiated German coalition treaty.As Greens,...

“Heading towards a Greener Mediterranean” is the promotional slogan of the kick-off meeting for the launch of the INTERREG EURO-MED 2021-2027 program, to be...

The idea of a so-called 'European Army' has come in and out of fashion in the Brussels bubble for about 20 years. After each...

The impact of agriculture on climate change is significant. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agriculture sector is responsible for 10 percent of...

Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, announced on November 19 that in the margin of the Eastern Partnership Summit to be held...

Headlines are screaming that inflation is here to stay. Consumer prices have risen by an average of 6.2 percent in the past year, the sharpest increase since 1991....

The New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI) have published the October edition of their ‘Yes to Nuclear’ Perspectives initiative. In the previous month we explored...

Civil war has been raging in Ethiopia for over a year now, between the National Defence Forces of the Ethiopian Government, and rebel militia...

One can hardly imagine the misery of the refugees at the border between Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. Thousands of people from Iraq, Syria and...

When due diligence and a basic compliance process is not followed bad things happen. On October 21, 2021, an investigative journalist centre published a...

After more than two weeks of negotiations during the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, diplomats from almost 200 nations finally agreed...

The Republic of Ireland has committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, after the coalition government of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Greens...

The information war is so intense nowadays that unsung melodies are often more alluring that the sung ones. The lines from English poet Shelley’s...

Electrification is the most cost-effective and reliable way to decarbonize the EU economy in less than three decades. Realizing it now would allow Europe...

One year after the end of the Second Karabakh War, the landscape in the South Caucasus has changed: both politically and physically. Against all...

When I returned to Ukraine to work for the Kyiv Post, I had a vague plan to stay for three years. Two years of combing...

Given my relentless, savage, repetitive and – if I may say so – eminently fair criticism of the European Union, I could easily forgive...

The mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSCA in the Central African Republic ends on 15 November so it is appropriate to evaluate its...

Desperate times call for desperate measures, as the saying goes. As scientists, policymakers and politicians keep one increasingly startled eye on climate change’s ticking...

On October 28, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched a new company brand, Meta, at the annual Facebook Connect event. According to Facebook, “Meta… brings together our...

Tech experts in Cyprus have come up with ‘revolutionary’ new software that should save lawyers time – and potentially cut costs to those seeking...

The New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI) has published the September edition of their ‘Yes to Nuclear’ perspectives initiative. In the previous month, we looked...

On July 28, French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Tahiti and said that France owed a “debt” to French Polynesia. The debt was related to approximately...

We are all familiar with the large political behemoths that dominate our globe, not just in terms of political influence, but also through their...

Since its inception, the Internet has grown to encompass every facet of our lives, and given us the ability to conduct business at lightning...

Like many others, the cement industry faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. As building sites closed and infrastructure development came to a sudden...

It would be an understatement to say that there is a lot riding on COP26, the international climate talks currently being held in Glasgow, Scotland....

The question of whether or not Russia is fascist rarely if ever gets asked nowadays because it seems so obvious: Why waste the time...

In November, the world’s attention will be focused on the proceedings and outcomes of the United Nations COP26 International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

The unfolding drama over a legislative battle within the Democratic Party to pass a massive bill encompassing desperately needed social services has revealed the...

The idea of EU strategic autonomy originated in the field of security and defence in St. Malo Declaration (1998) and later in the 2016...

EdTech could be a major game-changer in the education of girls in culturally conservative countries after the pandemic accelerated innovation in the industry –...

The ongoing case of TIU Canada against the notorious oligarch Igor Kolomoisky in the courtrooms of Ukraine is a microcosm of Ukrainian judicial and...

The climate crisis is a code red for humanity. World leaders will soon be put to the test at the UN Climate Conference — known...

On September 14, a young woman in the US state of Louisiana named Beth McGrath posted a selfie Facebook video of herself working at Walmart....

During the autumn of 2020, the United States lost one of its most brilliant, incisive, yet unheralded thinkers in Sherle R. Schwenninger.One of Schwenninger’s...

Facebook has been in the limelight for two issues of late—both damaging from the company’s perspective, but in terms of public interest, each has...

The EU has a complex ratification process when it comes to the enforcement of bilateral free trade deals. The Trade and Sustainable development agreements,...

The Greeks have finally come to the realization that despite a period of relative calmness Turkey is not about to abandon its assertive behavior...

In his latest book, The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency, American political scientist John Mueller demonstrates that since the...

The recycling and waste management landscape is rapidly evolving as the world scrambles to adopt sustainable solutions to the plastic crisis. With plastic production expected...