Luxembourg has stepped up efforts to coordinate an EU reaction to the risk Israel will annex Palestinian territories - but European recognition of Palestine remains a dim prospect.

Despite years of conflict, sexual violence, hunger, and corruption, South Sudan is one crisis where a solution may be in sight – and where quick action by the EU could make the difference to help push the country to peace

No, ending anonymous shell companies does not threaten your privacy rights.

At the Munich Security Conference this weekend, the Euro-Atlantic Security Leaders Group (EASLG) will publish Twelve Steps Toward Greater Security in Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic Region, endorsed by nearly 50 distinguished current and former senior officials, military officers, and experts.

The world is becoming less Western as China and other actors grow in importance alongside the US. The West must reinvent itself to remain a stabilising force.

Just hours of publication, the EU Commission removed from the European Parliament's website a response by one of its own commissioners on the Western Sahara, a disputed territory annexed by Morocco.

EU hopefuls will know more about the hoops they will have to jump through in future when the European Commission publishes its new "enlargement methodology" this week.

In the coming days, the European Commission will report on whether the eight countries currently holding GSP+ status have been respecting their commitments. The EU's stance towards two of the beneficiary countries will be closely watched: Pakistan and the Philippines.

US ambassador to Israel David Friedman rejected any notion of occupation when it comes to Israelis patrolling a future Palestinian state - citing the US military presence in Germany as an example.

Poland has called for Nato solidarity on Russia, but judicial meddling and populist hate speech have made it unpopular on the Western stage.

French arms sold to Egypt and the UAE risk ending up in Libya despite a UN embargo, as EU powers face a war of "who dares wins".

The EU diplomat suspected of spying for China had permission to work as a lobbyist, but the case poses questions on whether EU ethics rules work.

European counter-intelligence services need to "seriously raise the level of vigilance" on Russian spies, UK activist Bill Browder has said after news of a botched operation at Davos.

The Libya case might finally give the EU some strategic clarity. This sounds like a small thing, but EU foreign policy is in such bad shape that it would be a big leap forward.