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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

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The price of silence

Five years of Taliban rule raise an uncomfortable question: what exactly has isolation achieved?

By Abdullah Fahimi

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Pakistan the peacemaker

With tensions rising, Islamabad has stepped into a pivotal role, helping sustain the only viable channel between Washington and Tehran

By Eldar Mamedov

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The price is not high enough

Losses will not stop Russia. To achieve peace, Ukraine must ensure that the war is not merely costly, but strategically futile for the Kremlin

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

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What follows the guns

Hamas may be ready to lay down its arms. But without a political horizon, the deal risks becoming just another pause in the fighting

By Usama Antar, Konstantin Witschel

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The new logic of war

The war in Iran has shown that the cost dynamics of modern warfare are no longer the same as they were just a few years ago

By Muamer Bećirović

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The zombification of America

A post-American world? Apparently not so bad after all. The collapse of the world order is going much better than expected

By Stephen Marche

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After the headlines

While the world has moved on, Gaza’s suffering continues. Without pressure on Israel, Europe risks enabling permanent occupation and displacement

By René Wildangel

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Europe cannot be post-imperial selectively

Russia’s war exposes a blind spot in Europe’s historical memory: imperialism did not end with overseas colonialism

By Adam Kola

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Even great powers are dependent on rules

Military superiority can deter adversaries or start wars. It cannot create lasting political order

By Benjamin Dürr