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European integration is often touted as contributing to peace – but Moscow has other ideas.
The conservative winner faces a housing crisis and the task of restarting dialogue with North Korea.
Warring countries have ben imposing sanctions on their enemies for hundreds of years. They have met with mixed success.
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Many well-intentioned people are supporting counterproductive efforts to help Ukraine. Behavioural science can explain why.
International law says that the Russian invasion is illegal in itself. The Russian military’s alleged conduct also breach various international legal treaties.
Uncertainty must be embraced and harnessed for the better because stability never lasts long.
A cold war - and the importance of trusted information - is pushing the UK government to revise its attitude to the BBC.
Academic research about the process of war can shed light on the current situation.
Instead of providing safe and legal routes to protection to people in grave danger, Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced a minor loosening of visa rules.
Throughout history, Russian rulers have seen it as their mission to ‘gather the lands of the Rus’.
This is a situation with many moving parts, any one of which can derail diplomacy.
These women have helped people in their communities and far beyond.
Volodymyr Zelensky remains in Kyiv, rallying resistance to the Russian invasion.
Zelensky’s call for foreign volunteers to help Ukraine is the latest chapter in a long history of volunteer forces.
In 2005 the world decided it must take action to protect civilians from being targeted in war. In Ukraine frightened civilians are still waiting.
Skin-shade prejudice can have a lasting impact both on people’s self-confidence and on who they in turn find attractive. Understanding how it works is key to resisting it.
Putin has suggested Ukrainians and Russians share one language, but there are many differences that are important to understand.
By allowing Russian military presence in Belarus, president Aliaksandr Lukashenka has forfeited his country’s sovereignty.
The International Criminal Court has handed arrest warrants for only three heads of state. Could Putin be next?
Nonviolent protest could also prove effective in stopping hostilities in Ukraine.
Soldiers’ mothers have a history of opposing Russian wars.
China has suggested it could negotiate on behalf of the world with Russia, but what are the implications of that?
The Russian president has already shown he will come down hard on domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine.