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‘No one can act with impunity’: ICC arrest warrants in Israel-Hamas war are a major test for international justice

‘No one can act with impunity’: ICC arrest warrants in Israel-Hamas war are a major test for international justice

Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle

Our research reveals the scale of the EU’s dependency on imports for critical minerals needed for the green transition - here’s how that can change

Our research reveals the scale of the EU’s dependency on imports for critical minerals needed for the green transition - here’s how that can change

Michalis Christou, Joint Research Centre and Samuel Carrara, Joint Research Centre

How 17th century refugees used the printing press to fight their oppressors – and laid the foundations of modern humanitarianism

How 17th century refugees used the printing press to fight their oppressors – and laid the foundations of modern humanitarianism

David de Boer, Radboud University

Europe’s climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights - but what about private jets?

Europe’s climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights - but what about private jets?

Fausto Corvino, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)

Georgians rally against controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill – it’s the latest chapter in the country’s long history of political protest

Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex

A protester wearing a Georgian and European flag faces off with policemen blocking a street.
What links our Siberian ancestors to a heightened risk of developing multiple sclerosis?

Antonio González-Martín, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

What links our Siberian ancestors to a heightened risk of developing multiple sclerosis?
How Sicilians are resetting their social norms to strengthen future generations against mafia influence

Baris Cayli Messina, University of Lincoln

Two men lead a march carrying a banner that reads La mafia uccide il silenzio pure'.
Spanish Civil War: how the works of Ernest Hemingway and Robert Capa still define the conflict today

Miguel Ángel de Santiago Mateos, Universidad CEU San Pablo

Two men in civilian clothing speak to a solider in a field.
How farming could change in a post-growth world

Handan Vicdan, EM Lyon Business School

How farming could change in a post-growth world
Europe is still in short-term crisis mode over Ukraine and lacks a vision for its post-war identity

Richard Youngs, University of Warwick

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How German media attention idealises female Ukrainian refugees

Antje Missbach, Bielefeld University and Lesley Pruitt, The University of Melbourne

Ukrainian refugee with a child leaves the country at the Slovakian border fleeing Russian aggression against Ukraine, February 2022.
We need to talk about Chinese and US influence in Europe’s energy industry

Carine Sebi, Grenoble École de Management (GEM) and Patrick Criqui, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)

We need to talk about Chinese and US influence in Europe’s energy industry
Meet Paris’ black dandies, the Sapeurs

Meet Paris’ black dandies, the Sapeurs

Daouda Coulibaly, EDC Paris Business School

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Four ways EU laws affect the daily lives of European citizens today

Joseba K. Fernández Gaztea, Universidad de Navarra

The French identify as Europeans – and yet are also notoriously Eurosceptic

Pierre Bréchon, Auteurs historiques The Conversation France

The French identify as Europeans – and yet are also notoriously Eurosceptic
Why experts fear the EU’s new migration laws could lead to more deaths at sea

Pierre Micheletti, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)

Why experts fear the EU’s new migration laws could lead to more deaths at sea
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections – but is it playing into the far right’s hands?

Gabriele Abels, University of Tübingen

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The EU should stop ‘westsplaining’ and listen to its smaller eastern members – they saw the Ukraine war coming

Viktoriia Lapa, Bocconi University

Gabrielius Landsbergis speaking into multiple microphones at a press conference with European flags in the background.
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New EU trade rules could put poor countries in a billion dollar ‘green squeeze’

Jodie Keane, ODI

African migrants attempting to flee to Europe disembark in Sfax from a vessel belonging to the Tunisian coastguard, after having been intercepted at sea, on 10 August 2023.

Why EU information campaigns are failing to deter migrants from leaving

Antoine Pécoud, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Mélodie Beaujeu, Sciences Po

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EU enlargement: What does the future hold?

Cesáreo Rodríguez-Aguilera de Prat, Universitat de Barcelona

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Trump-proofing Nato: why Europe’s current nuclear deterrents may not be enough

Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex

Private companies are exploiting outer space, but the law is struggling to catch up

Manolis Plionis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Anthi Koskina, University of Athens

Private companies are exploiting outer space, but the law is struggling to catch up
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Tom Stacey, Anglia Ruskin University

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Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle

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Sebastian Dohm-Hansen Allard, University College Cork and Yvonne Nolan, University College Cork

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Four ways EU laws affect the daily lives of European citizens today

Joseba K. Fernández Gaztea, Universidad de Navarra

Four ways EU laws affect the daily lives of European citizens today
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Tom Stacey, Anglia Ruskin University

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Europe’s climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights - but what about private jets?

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