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Firefighters gather on a destroyed roof in Wyryki, Poland, to inspect a damaged house after multiple Russian drones struck. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

What NATO could learn from Ukraine as it navigates Russian threats to European security

Throughout its war with Russia, Ukraine is providing lessons to the West on what’s required to win a modern-day war. Will European and other states heed those lessons?
EU countries typically provide irregular migrants with a small set of legal rights. In this photo, protesters demonstrate to support regularisation of undocumented immigrants (les sans-papiers) on June 20, 2020, in Paris, France. Alain Jocard/AFP

Irregular migrants in Europe face obstacles to exercising legal rights – where they have them

There are various social and labour rights for irregular migrants in the different EU member states and the UK. But the costs of enjoying these rights can be daunting.
From left to right: António Costa (President of the European Council), Xi Jinping (President of the People’s Republic of China) and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) at the opening of the 25th EU-China summit in Beijing, China. European Union

China‑EU summit: progress on rare earth exports and tensions over Ukraine mark 50 years of pragmatically cautious relations

The China-EU summit yielded more results than expected, but longstanding tensions remain.
As the latest EU non-financial reporting (NFR) regulations come into force, they are being applied to companies’ full value chains. This photograph of the Eramine lithium extraction plant, which is linked to the French mining group Eramet, was taken in Salta province, Argentina on July 4, 2024. Luis Robayo/AFP

EU efforts to measure companies’ environmental impacts have global effects. Here’s how to make them more just

Regulations on sustainability reporting must be crafted with stakeholders across value chains to minimise harm to vulnerable communities.
Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, attends a news conference with EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell in Tehran on June 25, 2022. Atta KenareAFP via Getty Images

Europe is stuck in a bystander role over Iran’s nuclear program after US, Israeli bombs establish facts on the ground

After more than two decades of hard-nosed diplomacy on Iran’s nuclear program, European negotiators are finding themselves beset by challenges.
High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas at the European Parlament Plenary Session ‘Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions’. Alain ROLLAND/European Union 2025 - Source : European Parlament

EU sanctions against Israel: here’s what’s on the table

Europe has the means to prevent further suffering in Gaza, but political will is lacking.

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