Russia appears inching closer to invading Ukraine, despite warnings from the US and other Western powers. Here are a few key ideas to help better understand what led to this looming crisis.
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Emissions trading systems are supposed to speed up decarbonisation, but they are not yet capable of doing so in practice.
Rising tensions in West Africa heighten as the military junta in Mali engages Wagner, a Russian private military company while defying ECOWAS.
As Ukraine wrestles with the latest threat from its larger neighbor, two scholars explain how the independent country is often viewed as part of a greater Russia – and why that inflames tensions.
What’s happening in the eastern forests of the European Union is a catastrophic spectacle and the logical and expected consequence of more than three decades of irresponsible border policy.
Olaf Scholz faces the unfavourable task of uniting a coalition of three parties with very different agendas.
The European Union is attempting to portray eastern European countries as racists infringing upon the human rights of refugees. But it’s the EU itself that’s primarily to blame for the refugee crisis.
To understand the euro’s weakness, you have to look at the US as well as Europe.
Belarus has created a migrant crisis at its border in an apparent move to punish the European Union for its opposition to the country’s leader.
A group of powerful countries have agreed ‘green corridors’ for emissions-free shipping by 2025, but that’s not even half the battle.
European leaders have accused Belarus of using civilians as weapons along the EU border in a ‘hybrid war’. And Russia, they say, is the mastermind behind it.
The crisis at the Belarus/Poland border follows 18 months of political turmoil for the country’s authoritarian president.
It’s vital not to lose sight of who the people trapped on the Belarus/Poland border are and how they came to be there.
An expert on organic agriculture argues that the US is missing an economic and environmental opportunity by not working to scale up organic production.
A carbon tariff is a carbon tax applied to exports from countries such as Australian that don’t have one. Europe is planning to impose one.
Explaining the rule of law crisis shaking the relationship between Poland and the EU.
The EU’s trading partners, including South Africa, will have to adhere to new regulations tied to the blocs ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy.
Many in the EU are wary of the motivations of Chinese companies investing in Europe. New research shows the many reasons behind these investments.
Trips to their home countries by migrant youth help them create and update their relationship with the countries their families come from.
Problems with affordable, accessible energy could be mitigated by making more energy providers publicly owned.
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