The author of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 urges today’s leaders to think hard about 1914 and the decisions that led up to the outbreak of the First World War.
As trajectories of organized crime and peace operations converge, so, too, should operational responses, particularly in fragile states.
The UN is struggling to stay relevant amid increased competition from a multitude of more informal and less inclusive actors. Informal coalitions and clubs are increasingly important tools for security, trade agreements, regulation of international banking, and the handling of COVID-19. The new…
When it comes to the narrative war, Russia is winning, evidenced by its successful domestic repression framed as national protection and its international portrayal of the conflict as an ideological battle against Western imperialism. The price to pay may be a fractured, more dangerous multipolar…
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