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Global Outlook: Cooperative Security, Arms Control and Disarmament
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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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
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.
The Myths Behind the Romantic Faith in the Bomb
By Ramesh Thakur | 09 August, 2025
The simplest explanation for why nuclear weapons have not been used again in the 80 years since 1945, despite the presence of tens of thousands of warheads in American and Soviet arsenals at peak numbers in the 1980s, is that they are essentially unusable.
Trump’s Tariff Offensive Against BRICS
By Herbert Wulf | 26 July, 2025
Is Trump's tariff policy slowing down the BRICS, or is the alliance losing momentum due to the heterogeneity of its member countries?
Four Things Every Peace Agreement Needs – and How the DRC-Rwanda Deal Measures Up
By Philipp Kastner | 19 July, 2025
It’s important to distinguish between what’s needed to get warring parties to the table, and what’s eventually agreed on. In this article, Has the DRC-Rwanda deal got the four essential components that usually signal that an agreement will hold?
The views and opinions expressed in Global Outlook are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toda Peace Institute.
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.
To see the full list of Global Outlook articles, click here
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
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.
The Myths Behind the Romantic Faith in the Bomb
By Ramesh Thakur | 09 August, 2025
The simplest explanation for why nuclear weapons have not been used again in the 80 years since 1945, despite the presence of tens of thousands of warheads in American and Soviet arsenals at peak numbers in the 1980s, is that they are essentially unusable.
Trump’s Tariff Offensive Against BRICS
By Herbert Wulf | 26 July, 2025
Is Trump's tariff policy slowing down the BRICS, or is the alliance losing momentum due to the heterogeneity of its member countries?
Four Things Every Peace Agreement Needs – and How the DRC-Rwanda Deal Measures Up
By Philipp Kastner | 19 July, 2025
It’s important to distinguish between what’s needed to get warring parties to the table, and what’s eventually agreed on. In this article, Has the DRC-Rwanda deal got the four essential components that usually signal that an agreement will hold?
The views and opinions expressed in Global Outlook are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toda Peace Institute.