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The Ultimate Deterrent: Modern Strategic Conventional Weapons
By Tom Sauer | 27 August, 2025
Instead of investing in weapons of mass destruction, making EU defence more efficient should be the priority as well as integrating Russia into a larger collective security organization.
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Why Is Support for Ishiba Administration Rising Despite Crushing Defeat in the July National Election?
By Daiju Wada | 26 August, 2025
What key factors are behind the increasing support for Shigeru Ishiba's administration in Japan after a crushing defeat in the July House of Councillors election?
Drone Technology and the Future of Nuclear Weapons
By Esra Serim | 25 August, 2025
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence-enabled drone technology significantly enhance nuclear weapon delivery, precision targeting, and deterrence capabilities. However, the proliferation of autonomous drone systems also introduces critical strategic and ethical challenges. To ensure global stability, we must create robust international frameworks
The First Freedom: How We Lost Sight of Our Oldest Right—The Freedom of Movement
By Bashir Mobasher | 23 August, 2025
Does a person have the right to move freely? Doesn’t a person have the right to seek safety, pursue happiness, or simply adventure elsewhere? What once seemed instinctive is now seen as impermissible, unnatural, even immoral.
Trump’s Attacks on BRICS Could Strengthen Its Cohesion
By Ramesh Thakur | 21 August, 2025
At a time when the world is shifting into a period of multipolar multilateralism, Trump’s anger-fuelled attempts to coerce India and Brazil into abandoning BRICS could instead cement the group’s cohesion as the vehicle for democratising the architecture of international financial governance.
Squaring the Circle
By Herbert Wulf | 20 August, 2025
The US president's erratic tariff policy is disrupting global political relations. Long-standing alliances are being called into question, and new, unexpected alliances appear possible..
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