In the course of his presidency, Vladimir Putin has presided over a remarkable expansion of Russian foreign policy.

Over the past decade, an increasing number of emerging markets has joined the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import club. 

The cyber world has undoubtedly become a part of geopolitics, in the way that it shapes, in its own way, relationships between the actors of the international stage.

Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent and more sophisticated.

Narendra Modi’s BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) has held an unprecedented majority since the 2014 elections.

Since 2015, several countries in the European Union have been hit by attacks.

The Ukrainian crisis has brought to light the key role played by new international networks as instruments of public diplomacy in time of war. Focusing on RT and Ukraine Today in the asymmetrical conflict between Russia and Ukraine, this article analyzes the operation and strategies of diffusion of these two media, and inquires into their antagonistic narratives and political rationales. This case study focuses on this conflict’s two dimensions of storytelling and news that several actors and observers have described as a “war of information”.

The term "refugee crisis" is not uncontroversial in Germany; it is indeed accused of presenting the refugees as being responsible for the crisis. The events that have occurred since the summer of 2015 should rather be called "crisis of the authorities", given that Germany could have anticipated the massive increase in the number of refugees. The use of the term "refugee crisis" in this article is axiologically neutral and reflects its present common use in politics, the media and specialised literature.