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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

Canva/ IPS

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A new era of containment?

The war in Ukraine has forced Europe’s social democrats to change their integrative approach towards Russia to one that pushes back and isolates

By Robert Misik

Reuters

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Belarus’ half-hearted war participation

While Belarus had promised to support Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, sending in Belarusian troops might prove detrimental to Lukashenko’s regime

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Reuters

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Ukraine, NATO, and a Zeitenwende

Many NATO members are watching the war in Ukraine unfold without grasping the reality of the situation. They must rethink NATO’s strategic future

By Paul Mason

Reuters

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The pitfalls of Arab-Russian dependency

Food supply chains, energy partnerships, and political outlooks make it difficult for Arab states to pick a side in the Russia-Ukraine war

By Ruslan Suleymanov

Wikimedia/Kremlin.ru

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How Russia has put itself at China’s mercy

China’s neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict does not come for free. How Russian experts view the relationship with the People’s Republic

By Roland Bathon, Liudmila Kotlyarova

Pxfuel

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China’s foreign policy is misunderstood

China doesn’t want to forge an anti-Western alliance with Russia — but to cooperate with all countries in a multipolar world

By Wang Huiyao

Reuters

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Moldova: living at the edge of war

A bloody war is ravaging Ukraine. But its echoes can be heard in neighbouring Moldova as well

By Igor Munteanu

Reuters

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How Putin underestimated Ukraine

Moscow assumed that Ukrainians would welcome Russian troops with open arms. But that was a big miscalculation — based on what happened in 2014

By Hanna Shelest

Wikimedia

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Bulgaria’s soft underbelly

Bulgaria has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Yet the country fears NATO intervention in the conflict

By Boris Popivanov