This Is Not a New World Order – Europe Rediscovers Geopolitics, from Ukraine to Taiwan
If every event in international politics is a turning point, one can only go and lie down, out of sheer dizziness. In reality, we have been living in the same […]
Publications
Peacekeeping Armies: How The Politics of Peace Operations Shape Military Organizations
Since the early 1990s fewer United Nations peacekeepers have come from western, democratic and richer states, compared to poorer, more autocratic and often unstable countries in Africa and Asia. A […]
Europe’s Long March on Chinese Subsidies
Not police officers but inspectors from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition led the raid at Nuctech in Warsaw and Rotterdam on 23 April. At the Chinese security equipment manufacturer, […]
How the EU could deliver on the Pact’s Predicaments through more Balanced External Cooperation
The Pact will likely increase the transfer of responsibilities to non-EU countries, particularly in North Africa and the Western Balkans. Significantly, though, the reform leaves essentially unsolved the shortcomings that […]
Reimagining Peacekeeping in Africa and Beyond
The ending of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Mali in 2023, coupled with preparations for concluding the more than two decades-long mission in the Democratic Republic of the […]
Shifting Shadows: A Closer Look at Putin’s Latest Government Reshuffle
On the night of Sunday, May 12, 2024, the political landscape in Russia underwent a remarkable shift as news broke of the replacement of the long-standing Minister of Defence, Sergei […]