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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 Cenusa

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security context, which prompted Sweden and Finland to apply for NATO membership, Austria's policy of neutrality seems outdated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

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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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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