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Commentary January 4, 2023

Czechia at the turn of 2023: New Leadership, New Dilemmas

When taking over from the French on 1 July 2022, the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union prioritised several key areas, all connected with the EU response to the Russian aggression...

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Commentary December 28, 2022

The U.S. Foreign Policy. Mid-term or Long-term Changes?

The results of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections may have come as a surprise to some. The anticipated ‘red wave’ was a very close contest, with the Republicans narrowly taking the House and the...

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Commentary December 13, 2022

Bits versus Bombs: Observations on Russian Offensive Cyber Operations in Ukraine

When Russian tanks rolled across the Ukrainian border on 24 February and reports surfaced of a parallel attack against the satellite provider Viasat, an ominous signal was given that the war had also...

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Commentary November 1, 2022

Europe’s Port of Contention

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to lead a business delegation early in November—the first visit to China by a Western leader since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic nearly three...

Commentary October 27, 2022

Context Matters—Amnesty International Report on Latvia Ignores the Reality of Hybrid Warfare

On 12 October 2022, Amnesty International published a report “Latvia: Return home or never leave the woods”¹, detailing what it deemed violations of migrants’ rights at the Belarusian-Latvian...

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Commentary October 21, 2022

France’s Nuclear-Weapons Policy: What’s in It for Europe?

French president Emmanuel Macron caused quite a stir with his recent statement¹ that France would not retaliate with nuclear weapons against Russia if the Kremlin launched a nuclear strike on...

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Commentary October 17, 2022

Russia’s War in Ukraine and Reconfiguration in the South Caucasus

At the beginning of September 2022, Azerbaijan launched a massive artillery bombardment of neighbouring Armenia, using military force outside the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh for the first...

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Commentary October 14, 2022

Georgia’s Quiet Withdrawal From the West

In the same way that it is difficult to say whether a single event in the last few decades marks Russia’s decisive breaking away from democratic path of development, it is difficult to say the same...

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Commentary October 6, 2022

The Shortcomings of German Remembrance Culture Render it Toothless in the Face of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine

The reaction of German society to Russia's unprovoked, illegal and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine reveals a culture which it likes to boast internationally as a champion of remembrance, but...

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Commentary September 26, 2022

From Isolationist Neutrality to Allied Solidarity: The Swedish Road to NATO Membership

When the Swedish government under Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson submitted the Swedish application for NATO membership to NATO HQ in Brussels on May 18th, 2022, it was widely and correctly...

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