Kazakhstan‘s largest and most violent protests ever lasted just a few days, but showcased the fragility in Central Asia, a region in the midst of great power rivalry. Kazakhstan was not a major...
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The collective Putin, the Russia of grievance, ambition and resentment, was born the day the Soviet Union died. Today, it lives off the creation and harvesting of threats. The crushing of civil...
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Finland and Sweden do not have a fast track to join NATO. If they apply for membership, they must be able to show they can meet NATO’s political, military, legal, resource and security...
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Although the word ‘electricity’ is currently associated primarily with concerns about high prices, the fact that a stable and secure electric power supply is a national security issue essential...
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Between 10–16 September 2021, Russia and its ally Belarus conducted the active phase of the Zapad-2021 command-staff exercise. Zapad tests Russian warfighting capabilities in the Western...
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Since the end of President Vladimir Putin’s second term (2004–2008), Moscow has increasingly been looking north. In the West, this has fuelled an alarmist discourse about a ‘race for the...
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When, in the context of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin demands legal guarantees from NATO Allies that the Alliance will not enlarge further east, he is asking for nothing less than a revision of...
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There is a lot of action around emerging disruptive technologies (EDT) in Brussels these days. Both EU and NATO are already running or are about to start new funding...
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Crisis management is one of NATO’s core tasks, alongside collective defence and cooperative security. NATO’s new Strategic Concept, which is currently being developed as a replacement for the...
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Although America is ‘back’ at NATO, Europe remains unsettled about the credibility and longevity of US commitments to the alliance. A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the alliance’s next...
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