Multipolar myths and unipolar fantasies
Is the world becoming multipolar or will it remain unipolar? Analysts disagree, but it might be that this does not matter too much and that we better skip polarity terminology altogether.
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2014: a centenary and a discovery
It is almost as if engaging in war is easier than thinking about war. In the year of the commemoration of the First World War, Europe is facing several wars on its borders, and […]
Beyond Russia’s ‘Versailles syndrome’
Russia alleges that at the end of the Cold War it underwent a soft version of a Versailles Treaty, pushing it into the periphery of global politics and cutting it […]
Cardiff: Birthplace of a new Transatlantic Narrative?
Cardiff has the potential to turn into a “great meeting”, if the focus is on forging a new and attractive narrative to underpin a solid transatlantic security relationship, in which […]
Building European defence: an architect and a bank
If a set of investors plan a grand apartment building in which they can each afford just one apartment, they need an architect to design a building that is both […]
The summit of our ambition? European defence between Brussels and Wales
When they meet at NATO’s Wales Summit in Newport on 4-5 September, the European Heads of State and Government should not see this as the first chapter of