
How to stop supply chain issues disrupting the economic recovery
By: EBR | Friday, November 12, 2021
COVID-19 revealed that modern supply chains are a house of cards, collapsing the moment they come under any kind of sustained pressure

UN Refugee chief slams EU leaders for management of refugee crisis
By: EBR | Thursday, November 11, 2021
EU leaders cannot justify xenophobia, pushbacks, and violence amid the current refugee crisis. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told European Parliament

Lukashenko Uses Migrants to Exploit Europe’s Vulnerability
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The EU has been slow and irresolute in stopping Minsk from using migrants as a hybrid weapon to weaken the bloc. A migration and asylum policy—not a fortress Europe—is the answer

Taiwan says China can blockade its key harbours, warns of ‘grave’ threat
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 9, 2021
China’s armed forces are capable of blockading Taiwan’s key harbours and airports, the island’s defence ministry said on Tuesday (9 November), offering its latest assessment of what it describes as a “grave” military threat posed by its giant neighbour

The fight for Zero Hunger continues
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Hunger has been rising globally since 2014, the risk of famine in some countries is real and malnutrition rates are still very high

Social innovation can help tackle climate change – here are the lessons of 7 innovators
By: EBR | Monday, November 8, 2021
A climate catastrophe can be avoided if world leaders act fast, stressed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Dangerous Liaisons
By: EBR | Friday, November 5, 2021
The EU is walking a tightrope when it comes to Taiwan, the island described by pundits as the most dangerous place on Earth right now

Major methane deal at climate summit – without China
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Countries on Tuesday (2 November) issued a landmark pledge to slash their methane emissions this decade, with US President Joe Biden chiding China’s leader for skipping the make-or-break COP26 climate summit

The West Cannot Rescue Arms Control Alone
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Combating climate change is now at the top of the agenda for most governments

What longer delivery times say about global supply chains
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Lockdowns, labor shortages and disruptions to logistics networks have all lead to a significant disruption to global supply chains

30 years of climate circus: zero effect on CO2 concentration!
By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, October 29, 2021
The 26th UN climate summit starts on Sunday in Glasgow

Combating cybercrime in the post-pandemic era: Taiwan can help
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 26, 2021
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged much of the globe. In mid-May 2021, the Republic of China (Taiwan) saw a sudden rise in case numbers

Cooperating with the world to achieve a net-zero future
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 26, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere keep setting record highs

Deforestation continues unabated ahead of COP26
By: EBR | Monday, October 25, 2021
An average of 2,400 trees is cut down every minute, leading to an area the size of Belgium being deforested each year, according to the Latin America regional director for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), who was speaking ahead of the COP26 climate summit

This is how inflation rates are increasing around the world
By: EBR | Monday, October 25, 2021
Strong economic recovery following the lockdown era of the coronavirus pandemic has caused the price of goods and services to rise since the start of 2021 in many developed nations

Wars of the Three Spheres: The West, the East and the Metaverse
By: EBR | Friday, October 15, 2021
Are we really capable of negotiating our collective future?

Athens "sous le ciel de Paris"
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 13, 2021
"Paris-Athenes: Naissance de la Grece moderne 1675-1919" in the the Louvre Museum

The High Cost of An Unpredictable Turkey
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 12, 2021
With twenty months left until Turkey’s legislative and presidential elections, the political debate will be fierce. The West may choose to sit it out rather than see its relationship with Ankara deteriorate even further

President Tsai makes President Xi angry
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, October 11, 2021
China has reacted with fury to a speech by the President of Taiwan, a country considered by the communist regime as a renegade province

On EU initiative, UN rights council creates Afghanistan rapporteur
By: EBR | Friday, October 8, 2021
The European Union on Thursday (7 October) won its battle at the UN Human Rights Council to create a new special rapporteur on Afghanistan, despite opposition from China, Russia and Pakistan