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Alexei Navalny: Vladimir Putin’s endless nightmare
By DJEHANE VALLY Over the past few days, diplomats from Poland, Germany and Sweden were expelled from Russia because they took part in...


The UK, the EU, and the perils of vaccine nationalism
By JAMES BALDWIN Boris Johnson will be beaming. The United Kingdom’s vaccine programme is off to a flying start. The country has helped...


COVID-19: The People Falling Through Europe’s Social Safety Nets
As featured in Edition 37, available here. By GEORGE RIDLEY Since the first cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Europe in late January...


The Fight for Democracy in Belarus
As featured in Edition 37, available here. By AUGUST LILJENBERG Following the disputed re-election of President Lukashenko, protests have...


Battle for Academic Freedom in Turkey
by JOE HILL The Rectorate Building at Boğaziçi University Throughout January, peaceful protests, advocating academic freedom, were...


Armin Laschet - Continuity Merkel ad infinitum?
By LAURE RENAULT This year is fundamental for German politics as Angela Merkel plans to step down in September, after 15 years in office....


Cyprus: a never-ending cause of dispute for global entanglement
By DOMINIC GILONIS The ‘Cyprus Question’ had seemingly slipped into the background of geopolitics, with the partitioned island's fate in...


France’s Cycle of Terror: How Systematic Marginalisation and Discrimination leads to Radicalisation
By OISÍN PHILLIPS On the October 21st, French President Emmanuel Macron referred to Samuel Paty as “the face of the Republic” during a...


The Covid-19 Dichotomy: The stark differences between the East and the West
By FEE MERALI Across South-Asia, people are returning to life as usual. Pubs and restaurants are open for business, non-essential shops...


What will a Biden administration mean for US-EU relations?
By TERESA TURKHEIMER Who could ever forget that iconic photograph taken at the G7 summit in 2018 – reminiscent of a renaissance painting...
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