Diplomacy & International Relations

Auditing the Auditors: Does Putin Trust Anyone Now? (Andrey Pertsev, Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

A new type of Russian bureaucrat has emerged in recent years: those appointed by President Vladimir Putin to oversee certain agencies or sectors, and...

Taking the Pulse: Should “Buy European” in Defense Spending Include the UK and Turkey? (Carnegie Europe)

Amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and uncertainty over U.S. security guarantees, the EU is increasing its defense funding. Given the UK and Turkey’s significant...

Who’s Going to Unite Europe on Defense? (Sophia Besch, Erik Brown – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine shocked Europe into the realization that war had returned to the continent, Europeans are now reeling...

Killing two birds with one stone: A free and independent Belarus will make Europe safer (Ondrej Ditrych, European Union Institute for Security Studies)

After three decades of Alexander Lukashenka’s rule, Belarus remains trapped between a ruthless dictatorship on the one hand, and Moscow’s increasingly suffocating embrace on...

Israel and the Arab Plan to Rebuild Gaza: Reasons for Rejection and Beyond (Emirates Policy Center)

Israel has rejected the Arab plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, arguing that it does not explicitly require the disarmament of Gaza,...

Can a Gaza Peace Plan be Resurrected? (The Soufan Center)

The conflicting goals and narratives of Israel and Hamas have unraveled the two-month ceasefire in the Gaza conflict and left prospects for ending the...

The UK’s nuclear deterrent relies on US support – but there are no other easy alternatives (Marion Messmer, Olivia O’Sullivan – Chatham House)

The Trump administration’s volatile approach to its allies has forced the UK to reconsider fundamental pillars of its defence policy, including whether it can...

Typhoons in Cyberspace (Ciaran Martin CB, RUSI)

In a world of extraordinary geopolitical volatility, the threat to Western nations and interests from cyber attacks has, contrary to expectations, remained remarkably stable....

Chips, clouds, and checkpoints: The new AI export battlefield under Trump 2.0 (Erin Watson, Observer Research Foundation)

‘America first’ was never a slogan – it was a policy doctrine. As Donald Trump returns to the White House for his second term,...

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