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Global Outlook: Cooperative Security, Arms Control and Disarmament

The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons to the UN Security Council: Adapt or Die

By Ramesh Thakur  |  02 October, 2024

The United Nations is the biggest incubator of global norms to govern the world and the vital core of the rules-based global multilateral order.

The Long Arc of India–Russia Relations

By Ramesh Thakur  |  08 September, 2024

Changing state attributes and international profile help to explain the shifting balance of interests that have shaped bilateral Moscow–New Delhi relations over three periods.

Russia's Mercenary Diplomacy in Africa

By Herbert Wulf  |  01 September, 2024

Far away from Russia's aggression in Europe, its influence in Africa seemed to grow continously.

What Stands in the Way of a Nuclear Weapon-Free World?

By Ramesh Thakur  |  13 August, 2024

Stronger treaties are needed more than ever as Hiroshima marks A-bomb anniversary.

Russian-North Korean Cooperation of Convenience

By Herbert Wulf  |  19 June, 2024

No doubt, the top priority behind the new-found friendship between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un is arms supplies. The Russian armed forces has a great need for conventional artillery ammunition and missiles in the war against Ukraine.

Iran-Israel: The Escalation Calculus

By Lydia Khalil  |  19 April, 2024

Iran’s weekend strike against Israel was thwarted, but how should we calculate its impacts?

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