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Steppe manoeuvre

Kazakhstan and Mongolia are reshaping Central Asia — reducing their dependence on China and Russia

By Rassul Kospanov, Vlad Paddak

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More ships, more missiles, more power?

The US failure in Iran exposes the limits of power. But it also shows a deeper loss of moral and leadership capital that may be harder to recover

By Dan Smith

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Twilight of the hegemon

Trump’s war with Iran was intended to weaken Tehran. Instead, it has ended in a geopolitical debacle for Washington

By Marcus Schneider

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A negotiating table built on illusions

As long as the Kremlin sticks to its maximum demands, Ukraine does not need mediators — but strong allies

By Denis Trubetskoy

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Pulling up a chair

With Putin signalling a willingness to talk about his war in Ukraine, Europe cannot outsource its interests. It needs its own negotiator at the table

By Adis Ahmetovic, Christos Katsioulis

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The rise of the in-between

In a polarised world, Europe and Latin America risk being sidelined unless they turn shared interests into concrete cooperation

By Ingrid Ross, Sebastian Sperling

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The return of Dr Strangelove

Trump’s troop withdrawal and missile U-turn in Germany are symptoms of a far bigger danger: the revival of nuclear confrontation politics

By Rolf Mützenich

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Can the US afford to leave NATO?

NATO may no longer suit America’s neo-isolationists — but leaving the Alliance would exact a price history has yet to calculate

By Nickolay Kapitonenko

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Fear of the unarrived

Europe braces for fallout as the Middle East war fuels displacement — and revives fears of another migration ‘crisis’

By Daniel Harper

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The art of war — but scratch the art

The May summit between Xi and Trump is shaping up to be a historic mismatch between a long-term strategist and a false prophet touting his successes

By Stephen S. Roach