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pa/ap | Brian M. Wilbur

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Minutes to midnight

Everything is heading towards an escalation between the US and Iran. But war would be extremely dangerous for the region — and completely avoidable

By Marcus Schneider

picture alliance/dpa | Hendrik Schmidt

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Four lessons from four years of Russia’s invasion

The world has become accustomed to terror, believes in ritual negotiations and hopes that time will solve everything. But illusions do not stop war

By Iryna Krasnoshtan

picture alliance / NurPhoto | Morteza Nikoubazl

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Nuclear dead-end

Amid mounting military threats and failed diplomacy, Iran’s nuclear obsession threatens both citizens and state stability

By Kourosh Ziabari

picture alliance/dpa | Michael Kappeler

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Why Germany must engage with China

With empires jostling for power, Germany’s China strategy could determine Europe’s future — if it can play the great powers against each other

By Steven Langendonk, Matthew D. Stephen

picture alliance / NurPhoto | Balint Szentgallay

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A dagger in velvet

In Munich, Rubio softened the rhetoric, not the aim. Europe is still only useful if it submits

By Stephen Holmes

Canva / IPS Journal

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When guns eat butter

Romania has quietly prioritised defence at the expense of welfare, but public debate about it remains intentionally muted

By Cristian Chiscop

pa /dpa | Santiago Mazzarovich

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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

picture alliance / AP | Abubacar Queta

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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