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Policy attention and public debate need to shift from a narrow focus on defence spending to a comprehensive approach to sustaining peace and security in a turbulent era. Sustained…
Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Isabella Krämer explore Iran’s narrative of defiance in response to the reimposition of “snapback” sanctions. Read Part I here.
With the reimposition of “…
Eduard Vasilj contends that integrating Southeast Europe into the EU Single Market is as vital for regional stability as military and security frameworks.
Incorporating the…
Jutta Bakonyi and Anne Flaspöler introduce two papers exploring the experiences of civilians and peacekeepers in Somalia and the DRC.
Peacekeeping is commonly associated with…
As governments worldwide invest in digital public infrastructure, one question looms large: how can these systems be governed systems for the common good? This blog introduces a…
Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History by Vali Nasr. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025. 408 pp., £30 hardcover 9780691268927, e-book 9780691268934
Vali Nasr's “…
A sustainable peace across the Taiwan Strait requires linking national unification to democratic reform—transforming a zero-sum struggle over sovereignty into a shared pursuit of…
Maguatcher Jeremie and Chen Bateer examine how the ongoing geopolitical realignment is reshaping global higher education—transforming universities into instruments of influence,…
Jasmina Saric, Cedric Invernizzi, Filippa Lentzos, Mary Onsarigo and Luk Van Langenhove call for a coordinated science diplomacy strategy to bridge science and security,…
Jianyong Yue contends that today’s U.S.–China Cold War is the product of structural miscalculations and missed strategic opportunities, rather than an inevitable clash of…
Paris Fashion Week dazzles the cameras each season, yet behind the scenes the industry faces a reckoning. Bangladesh, the engine behind much of Europe’s affordable fashion, is…
Robert H. Wade and Jakob Vestergaard explore why some powers wish to prevent the Bank form representing the contemporary global economy.
China’s President Xi Jinping takes every…
Dream the Size of Freedom: How African Liberation Mobilized New Left Internationalism by R. Joseph Parrott. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025. 392 pp.,…
Raheem Nkumane outlines why the race for critical minerals will define decades of future growth and innovation.
The role of oil and gold in the global economy and the world’s…
Mark Beeson explores how Australia could help to unpick the China-US ‘security dilemma’.
The commitment to the AUKUS pact, with its $368 billion price tag, is the biggest…