Only as second best will the EU opt to act alone. By becoming better able to act, Europeans will, by definition, be more able to work effectively with partners.
In the last five years, the majority of Turkish society has embraced anti-western discourses probably at the deepest level since NATO membership in 1952.
Last week, Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was arrested on fabricated drugs charges. In solidarity, we republish his recent investigation into property owned by the deputy mayor of Moscow.
As a high-profile investigation into alleged terrorism by Russian anarchists goes to trial, we publish an account of how one of them was tortured. Warning: disturbing.
In the past two years, this North Caucasus republic has been rocked by anti-LGBT purges, torture and murder. Lesbians have suffered too, but we are yet to hear of their experience.
In this city, a scandalous confrontation between the authorities and local citizens over a new Orthodox church is driving home the differences in Russian society.
Just over a month ago on April 10, Marija Lukić, pioneer of the #metoo movement in Serbia, went on her second trial against Milutin Jeličić Jutka, former president of a small local municipality of Brus in the centre of the country.
Scattered across the world, Circassians are increasingly active online. Now in Russia, activists are putting forward an initiative to unite under a single name.
Two new reports about human right violations in Russian-occupied regions of Georgia underline that the EU needs to increase support for the International Criminal Court.
