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India–EU trade is set to grow. Its environmental costs may grow faster

The India–EU Free Trade Agreement is expected to expand exports and employment. But many of the sectors set to benefit are also among India’s most polluting, raising doubts about whether environmental oversight can keep pace.

Russia’s Return to Maximalism

Pseudo-moralistic harangues claim Minsk agreements were deceptive exercises to arm Ukraine, manipulating history and ignoring deterrence’s role in preventing global conflict

Oval Office meltdown could mean curtains for a liberal global order

Deepening transatlantic discord could leave space for authoritarian powers to reshape international norms in their favour

Greece Elections: austerity, and a failure to deliver

Greece went to general elections on July 7. The outcome of the poll has been described as a landslide victory for the centre of right New Democracy party – and a crushing defeat for the governing leftist Syriza party.