This paper explores the geopolitical context of the EU's space activities, with a focus on security and defence, and the response to space-related risks. It presents four future scenarios, ...

The complexity of the EU legislative process has sometimes been criticised as lengthy and subject to gridlock. To overcome this issue, the co-legislators have developed methods of informal contact to ...

New technologies have transformed Russia's war on Ukraine into an 'AI war lab'; the first international conflict where both sides have actively developed and deployed artificial intelligence (AI) for ...

Although the EU prohibits and condemns racial discrimination, it persists across the Union.

Governments, law enforcement agencies and the media use crime statistics to understand crime, especially how widespread it is and how it changes over time. This information can then be used as a guide ...

The nature of the crime and the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator may also affect reporting. For example, cybercrime and fraud are crimes where victims have indicated a reluctance to ...

Violence against women also took place more often in private settings. Excluding the sexual component, incidents of physical violence against men most often took place in public settings (39 %), and ...