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Israel’s dead end
Israel’s devastating response to the Hamas attacks is based on the untenable belief...
Desperation for refrigeration
Kitchen white goods – ubiquitous modern appliances revered for lightening household...
Bargain-basement nationalism
Marine Le Pen’s mainstreaming of the Rassemblement national involves cutting ties...
The Po Valley: An Italian paradox
The Pianura Padana is home to a third of Italy’s population and generates nearly...
Exploring ageing
Ageing gracefully? Why not age disgracefully instead! Four generations discuss the...
The traps of de-modernization
Capitalism is no longer a shining beacon: once influential countries are on the...
The values of us all
International humanitarian law forbids neither resistance nor self-defence. But...
Water: From scarcity to equity
Conventional market-led solutions to water scarcity in the Arab Mediterranean, above...
Breaking bread: Food and water systems under pressure
As the end of abundance becomes an everyday experience in Europe, we are thinking...
Syphillis soaring across Europe
An outburst of syphillis is sweeping across Europe, and new HIV infections are also...
Children of the twenty-first century
Youth, culturally associated with the future, seems increasingly afflicted by uncertainty...
Futile words and tangible events
What happens when the space for youthful aspiration caves in? When circumstances...
Fåfänga ord och triviala handlingar
Går det att skriva under pågående krig? Vad är poängen? Medan Olena Myhasjko skrev...
Who represents farmers?
Radical reform is needed to make Europe’s agricultural sector financially sustainable...
Whom to trust
Public trust in media is breaking down. Admittedly, in many countries there was...
‘Rights are not given but taken’
Turkey’s official history claims that the struggle for women’s rights was born alongside...
The way home
When a neighbourhood collapses into a warzone, from one day to the next, citizens...
The invisible price of water
During communism, extensive irrigation systems turned the regions along the Romanian...
Our toxic relationship with water
There seems to be too much of it, yet still too little. The vital compound that...
One way or another
Ongoing instability, due to conflict, environmental crises and economic hardship...
Counteroffensive exhibitions
Artistic expression can surface from desperate situations. Despite oppression and...
L’acqua che (non tutti) avremo
Più di 3,5 miliardi di persone in tutto il mondo vivono in aree che si confrontano...
Ukraine: Still Europe’s breadbasket
In the 1990s, Ukraine again became one of the world’s leading grain exporters after...
Violence without end?
Esprit focuses on Israel-Gaza: What is a meaningful response to the senselessness...
Not so special treatment
A back-handed Christmas present: the EU takes dire steps to erode the right to asylum....
Peace to the plates! War on the animals!
Humanism has elevated humanity above its natural condition, but our relationship...
Your favourites
Returning champions and the future of Europe: our recap of this year and its most...
Comedy versus cancel culture
As we move on from cutting christmas trees to cutting personal ties, most of us...
A recipe for survival
Veganism, the ethical choice, was once born of necessity. Today’s regular omnivore...
Greenwashing oil
Almost half of European green investment funds go to fossil fuel giants. Legislation...
