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The New Middle East: geoeconomics driving power and partnerships 

December 9, 2025

🧭 Why enlargement is EU geopolitics 

December 5, 2025

☢️ The proliferation we need: Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones 

December 4, 2025

☢️ Africa’s disarmament experience holds lessons for a stalled nuclear debate 

November 28, 2025

Why rare earths are central to US-China relations

November 19, 2025
November 18, 2025

☢️ Nuclear deterrence or nuclear collapse?

Rhys Lewis-Jones A nuclear war between great powers would mean the collapse of human civilisation – and could lead to the irreversible breakdown of global society. Rhys Lewis-Jones argues that humanity faces an existential nuclear threat that demands deliberate and urgent action Read more
November 14, 2025

What Americans really think when European allies don’t cooperate 

Osman Sabri Kiratli NATO recently agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But Osman Sabri Kiratli presents new experimental evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes far beyond the numbers. In fact, democratic allies may have more leeway than they realise Read more
November 12, 2025

☢️ Moscow brandishes threats, Beijing clings to caution

Mariam Mumladze China and Russia march in unison on the global stage. Behind the choreography, however, lies a partnership of limits and unequal leverage. United in criticising Washington and trading weapons, the two countries diverge sharply on nuclear doctrine. Mariam Mumladze shows how shared opposition to the West conceals deeper strategic differences, exposing the limits of their so-called 'no-limits' partnership  Read more
November 10, 2025

Diplomatic resilience: what is it, and how can states achieve it?

John Karlsrud How do small and medium-sized states safeguard their sovereignty and national interests amid intensifying great-power rivalry and a fragmented international order? To answer this question, John Karlsrud, Maryna Rabinovych, and Marianne Riddervold introduce the concept of diplomatic resilience Read more
November 6, 2025

PR firms are working for brutal regimes, and getting away with it

Alexander Dukalskis Many PR firms work for brutal regimes — polishing their image, attacking critics, and helping dictators cling to power. Alexander Dukalskis, Christian Gläßel, and Adam Scharpf ask: why does this happen, and what can democratic societies do to stop it? Read more

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