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Stigmatise nuclear weapons!

The Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was a signal at the right time. Nuclear threats are unacceptable

By Anne Balzer

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China to the rescue?

Who could soften the dire effects of the war in Ukraine on the Global South? China could — by selling its US assets and launching a special fund

By Branko Milanović

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How Russia is trying to compete with NATO

Through the CSTO, Russia is trying to become a regional peacekeeper, but it is unlikely that the organisation can be an alternative to NATO

By Rosa Turarbekova

Reuters

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A strong northern deterrence: Sweden and Finland want to join NATO

With its war of aggression Russia has united NATO, persuading Sweden and Finland to revert a decades long policy of neutrality

By Kate Hansen Bundt

Reuters

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How the West can win back the Central African Republic

To shake Russia’s position in the Central African Republic, Europe needs to stop reducing the country to a geopolitical sideshow

By Tim Glawion

Reuters

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Moldova’s neutrality dilemma

As a neighbour of Ukraine and with its own breakaway region, Moldova finds itself in a changed security context where it must rethink its neutrality

By Denis Cenuşa

Reuters

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A new arms race on the Korean peninsula?

South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-Yeol, revives the failed North Korea policy of his conservative predecessors — and risks a new arms race

By Benedikt Staar

Reuters

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Is it time for Austria to re-evaluate its neutrality?

In the new security context, which prompted Sweden and Finland to apply for NATO membership, Austria's policy of neutrality seems outdated

By Robert Misik

Reuters

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So Germany’s to blame for Putin. Really?

Germany has been blamed for its cooperative approach towards Russia. But critics fail to understand its reasoning

By George Pagoulatos

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Has the war in Ukraine made the EU a geopolitical actor?

The war in Ukraine has forced the EU to take a geopolitical role. To live up to expectations, the bloc must secure a norm-based international system

By Nicoletta Pirozzi