The Year 2023: A Feast of Common Misfortune
It doesn’t take one to be a Nostradamus to predict the general trends in international affairs for 2023 with certainty. This year will be...
Russia at War: Bakhmut still holds
Putinia, Putonia, Putinonia, Putonian {pronounce a state of dictatorship under the self-illusion of recreating a status quo by force to impose an ideology on...
What to Expect from the 2023 Munich Security Conference
Every year since 1963, the Munich Security Conference has hosted governments, experts and companies to come together to discuss Euro-Atlantic defense and security issues....
The second year of Russia’s war: Scenarios for the Ukraine conflict in 2023
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the one-year mark, European publics and politicians alike are asking how long the war will last and...
EU foreign policy chief: Russia has built networks, infrastructure to mislead, lie and destabilise
Russia has built networks and an infrastructure to mislead, to lie and destabilise, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on February 7, opening the...
What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed about Non-Western Powers
For the past year, many Western analysts have regarded the war in Ukraine as marking a turning point in geopolitics, bringing together not only...
What Does an Endgame Look Like in Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin confidently expected his invasion of Ukraine to be over in a very short period of time. Nearly a year later,...
Ukraine War and the Future of the European Union’s Security and Defense Policy
Following the end of the Cold War, Europe enjoyed a so-called peace dividend, and security and defense policy were pushed to the periphery of...
Economic Survey 2023: How The Russia-Ukraine War Dented Western Economies
The Economic Survey for 2023 is out. Focussing on Western economies after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, and amidst the global slowdown ushered...
Tanks for Ukraine Have Shifted the Balance of Power in Europe
When the German and U.S. governments finally agreed this week to supply some of their most formidable battle tanks to Ukraine, the balance of...