Pavlína Janebová is the Research Director at the Association for International Affairs (AMO). Her expertise lies in Czech foreign and European policy, as well as Central European cooperation. With ...

When governments start selling rights and privileges, democracy ceases to be a contract among citizens and becomes a marketplace for power ...

With Andrej Babiš poised to return as prime minister, Prague’s next government could test EU ties and shift foreign policy ...

What does the US provocation in the Caribbean Sea signal — a new drug war, a show of force in its own ‘backyard’ or a rehearsal for regime change? A new dimension in the fight against drug cartels? A ...

Ninety years after its invasion of Ethiopia, Italy continues to honour the perpetrators of crimes it should instead confront ...

These achievements, Trump asserted, made him a prime candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, insisting that ‘everyone’ thought he deserved it. He also claimed it wasn’t about the prize itself, but the ...

Security expert Raja Mohan on Trump’s attacks on the international order, the crisis in Europe and India’s relationship with ...

Europe’s military response to Putin’s air provocations shows that its defences are in place. What remains missing is political confidence ...

Emin Abbasov is Chair of the Independent Lawyers Network (ILN), an Azerbaijan-based non-profit and non-governmental organisation established in 2020 by human rights lawyers to support and advance the ...

Maria Dahle is Director of Human Rights House Foundation, an international non-governmental organisation that establishes and supports Human Rights Houses — coalitions of local independent civil ...

Natallia Satsunkevich is a Board Member of Human Rights Centre Viasna, a Belarusian human rights organisation that aims to provide financial and legal assistance to political prisoners and their ...

This year’s Václav Havel Prize must signal the Council of Europe to turn praise of courage into action against autocrats, even within its own ranks ...