Conflict and Crises

Conflict and Crises explainers unpack the causes and consequences of wars, humanitarian emergencies, and global instability in clear, accessible guides.

Ukraine War Attrition Phase: NATO Warns of Ammunition Supply Gaps Ukraine war attrition phase logistics scene showing supply trucks and empty ammunition crates under gray skies, symbolizing strain on NATO and Ukraine’s defense supply lines.

Ukraine war attrition phase logistics scene showing supply trucks and empty ammunition crates under gray skies, symbolizing strain on NATO and Ukraine’s defense supply lines.

Ukraine War Attrition Phase: NATO Warns of Ammunition Supply Gaps

PeanutsChoice 10/10/2025

Ukraine war attrition phase deepens as NATO warns of shrinking ammunition reserves and industrial fatigue. Alliance officials...

Vuelta Protests in Spain: Sánchez, Sport, and Europe’s Double Standards Vuelta protests Spain with cyclists racing in Madrid under police lights, symbolizing political tensions and Europe’s double standards

Vuelta protests Spain with cyclists racing in Madrid under police lights, symbolizing political tensions and Europe’s double standards

Vuelta Protests in Spain: Sánchez, Sport, and Europe’s Double Standards

PeanutsChoice 16/09/2025

Vuelta protests in Spain forced the race to stop. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez praised demonstrators, sparking political...

Drones Over Poland: From Border Incursions to the Heart of Warsaw Drones over Poland — a Eurofighter Typhoon jet over Warsaw at sunset, symbolizing NATO’s defense against Russian drone incursions.

Drones over Poland — a Eurofighter Typhoon jet over Warsaw at sunset, symbolizing NATO’s defense against Russian drone incursions.

Drones Over Poland: From Border Incursions to the Heart of Warsaw

PeanutsChoice 16/09/2025

Drones over Poland: UK Typhoons join NATO after Russian incursions, while a drone over Warsaw shows Europe’s...

Gaza’s Breaking Point: Starvation, Silence, and the Law Gaza famine 2025 — silhouette of child amid ruins with Citizen of Europe logo and thin red line overlay

Gaza’s Breaking Point: Starvation, Silence, and the Law

PeanutsChoice 07/09/2025

Confirmed famine in Gaza: 640,000 at risk, children starving, journalists silenced. UN warns starvation as warfare may...

Kyiv or Nothing — Zelensky buries Europe’s ‘neutral ground’ myth Zelensky rejects Moscow invitation — defiant side profile in Citizen of Europe header

Kyiv or Nothing — Zelensky buries Europe’s ‘neutral ground’ myth

PeanutsChoice 07/09/2025

Zelensky rejects Moscow invitation, demands talks in Kyiv. A turning point: the end of Europe’s ‘neutral ground’...

Putin Declares Western Troops in Ukraine “Legitimate Targets” Silhouetted soldiers behind barbed wire at sunset, symbolising Putin’s warning that Western troops in Ukraine would be treated as legitimate targets

Silhouetted soldiers behind barbed wire at sunset, symbolising Putin’s warning that Western troops in Ukraine would be treated as legitimate targets

Putin Declares Western Troops in Ukraine “Legitimate Targets”

PeanutsChoice 05/09/2025

At Vladivostok’s Eastern Economic Forum, Putin warned Western troops in Ukraine—even peacekeepers—would be “legitimate targets.” Europe faces...

Afghanistan Buries Its Children as the World Looks Away Afghanistan earthquake 2025 survivors search rubble in destroyed village homes, black and white photo with Citizen of Europe logo

Afghanistan Buries Its Children as the World Looks Away

PeanutsChoice 04/09/2025

Afghanistan earthquake 2025 kills 2,200+, injures 3,600+. Survivors dig by hand as aid lags, roads blocked, UN...

Israel Genocide in Gaza? What the Scholars’ Consensus Means in Law and Politics Israel genocide Gaza symbolism – barbed wire against blurred city backdrop, representing siege and legal debate on genocide claims

Israel genocide Gaza symbolism – barbed wire against blurred city backdrop, representing siege and legal debate on genocide claims

Israel Genocide in Gaza? What the Scholars’ Consensus Means in Law and Politics

PeanutsChoice 01/09/2025

Israel genocide claims escalate as scholars say Gaza meets UN definition. ICJ orders and ICC warrants raise...

Hamas, the Palestinians, and the History That Shapes Them Young Palestinian girl in Qalqiliya, West Bank — human face of Palestinian identity behind Hamas vs. Palestinians history.