Archive | IPS Journal

Header

picture alliance / ANP | Eva Plevier

Democracy and society

Hypocrisy as foreign policy

The Gaza war has deepened a rift already dividing Western leaders from their publics — and fractured the centre-left along the way

By Matthew Duss

picture alliance / REUTERS | Maksym Kishka

Foreign and security policy

A strong Ukraine is the only realistic security guarantee against Russia

But at the same time, a degree of realism is necessary

By Peter Dickinson

Canva / ChatGPT

Foreign and security policy

Multilateralism in the red

If governments only fund the UN they want, the UN the world needs may never come to life

By Nilima Gulrajani, John Hendra

picture alliance / CNP/AdMedia

Foreign and security policy

What’s needed for peace?

After Trump’s meeting marathon, one thing is clear — Ukraine must navigate promises without real protection

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

picture alliance / AP | Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Foreign and security policy

Cold reality check

While Europe stays delulu, Russia is dictating the terms

By Almut Rochowanski

picture alliance / Reuters | Temilade Adelaja

Democracy and society

First to respond, last in line

Excluding Nigerian responders from key decisions doesn’t just ignore local knowledge — it entrenches a model of aid built far from the crisis

By Taofik Oyewo Hussain

picture alliance | Wiktor Dabkowski

European integration

Stitching laws with golden thread

It is not political opposition from Brussels that risks delaying Ukraine’s accession, but bureaucratic inertia within its own institutions

By Oleksandr Iakymenko

picture alliance/Anadolu/Moiz Salhi

Foreign and security policy

The death of EU values in Gaza

The time for hand-wringing and empty declarations is over. The EU has ample tools at its disposal to pressure Israel to end its brutal war in Gaza

By Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff