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A calculated gesture

China and India want an end to the war in Ukraine, with Beijing offering to mediate. But what is China’s real objective?

By Marina Rudyak

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A new world order is not beckoning

We need a more realistic view of global order — one that looks beyond the clash between a fading past and an uncertain future to what really matters

By Jeremy Adelman

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Can sanctions buy freedom?

Prisoner releases are reviving debates over whether engagement with Minsk can deliver meaningful change

By Artyom Shraibman

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One bloc, two futures?

At the latest BRICS summit, Putin argued for an alternative to the existing order while Xi sought to rewrite it. The West saw only a bloc taking shape

By Abhishek Roy Choudhury

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The Sahel’s new dependency

The Sahelian juntas promised greater sovereignty. Their reliance on Russian forces may be producing the opposite

By Zikora Ibeh

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A lesson from the North

Few countries depend on the US as heavily as Canada — yet it is standing up to Trump. Europe should take note

By Jordan Leichnitz

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Africa is not the exception

— our theories are

By Eglal Hamid

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Not just Iran’s front

The war against Iran has given the Houthis a strategic opening. But their renewed attacks serve their own agenda

By Ariela Groß

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A window into Tehran

Iran’s power transition has created room for diplomacy. But Europe’s chance to shape the new order may be passing faster than expected

By Ali Taghavi

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Strength needs limits

Europe is betting increasingly heavily on military power. But as rearmament accelerates, arms control is becoming more – not less – essential

By Lisa Müller-Dormann