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Global Outlook: Cooperative Security, Arms Control and Disarmament

Time to Decouple and Build Solidarity with Like-Minded?

By Kevin P. Clements  |  23 March, 2025

The prudent course of action for small nations is to build strategic coalitions of the willing and like-minded to jointly confront the chaos and uncertainty flowing out of Washington.

Europe's New Bellicism: Rearmament in a Frenzy

By Herbert Wulf  |  21 March, 2025

Even before taking office, President Trump had clearly told Europeans that the US military commitment in Europe would be drastically reduced. Although this did not come as a surprise, in this new geopolitical situation, most governments, military experts, and many mainstream media in Europe switched into crisis mode.

Towards a Eurobomb: The Costs of Nuclear Sovereignty

By Tom Sauer  |  17 March, 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.

How to Agree an Armistice in Ukraine: Lessons from Korea

By Stein Tønnesson  |  12 March, 2025

The armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953 has been mentioned as a possible model for how to end the fighting in Ukraine. This makes sense. The Trump administration, however, seems to opt for a quick deal combining “ceasefires in place” with vain prospects of subsequently reaching a genuine peace agreement.

First Vietnam, Then Afghanistan: Is Ukraine Next?

By Bashir Mobasher  |  26 February, 2025

With U.S. and Russian leaders engaged in direct talks in Saudi Arabia over the future of the conflict, many are left wondering whether the Ukraine crisis could become another Afghanistan or Vietnam

Trump’s Greenland Bid is Really About Control of the Arctic and the Coming Battle with China

By Stefan Wolff  |  15 January, 2025

When Donald Trump first offered to buy Greenland in 2019, he was widely ridiculed and nothing much came of it. Fast forward six years and Trump’s renewed “bid” for the world’s largest island is back on the table.

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