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Power needs partners

Together, Europe and the Global South have the resources they need to uphold a rules-based international order

By Humberto Costa

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Not every crisis needs a gun

ECOWAS must rethink its response to West Africa’s coups. Durable peace will not come from ultimatums, but from inclusion, reform and public trust

By Taofik Oyewo Hussain

picture alliance / Jürgen Bätz/dpa | Jürgen Bätz

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What should weigh on Europe’s consciousness

Europe cannot bring peace to eastern Congo, but it can choose action over inaction. Too long has the EU dodged responsibility for its involvement

By Constantin Grund

picture alliance / Anadolu | Joseph Prezioso

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Negotiations do not mean surrender

but then what exactly do they entail for Ukraine?

By Oleksandr Kraiev

picture alliance / Design Pics | Dave Fleetham

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Sunsets and strategy

In a region of rising rivalries, ASEAN’s global soft power strategy rides on passports, planes and palm-fringed resorts

By Nikola Mikovic

picture alliance / newscom | Jason Alden

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Peace for sale

Trump’s Board of Peace is nothing more than political theatre. Europe must tear down its curtains

By René Wildangel

picture alliance/dpa | Fabian Sommer

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New START, old risks

As the US-Russia arms control treaty expires, Europe risks becoming a spectator in a nuclear game it cannot afford to ignore

By Tim Thies, Philipp Fischer

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Did Trump miscalculate this time?

The Global South is demonstrating how countries can deal with an aggressive United States

By Alexandra Sitenko

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Go East

The US is not trying to eliminate the Iranian state. It wants a cooperative regime, stripped of its regional teeth and its strategic value to China

By Eldaniz Gusseinov

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sunday Alamba

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Who gets to define Africa’s crises?

From Caracas to Nuuk, power is replacing law. Africa is no stranger to this game, having long sought ways to reclaim agency in a lawless world

By Atunde Ahmed Olarewaju