Managing Multi-domain and Hypersonic Threats to NATO
On 27 December 2019, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu informed president Vladimir Putin that the new Avangard hypersonic delivery system had become operational.
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The Background to the Iran Crisis: Arabs, Americans, and a “Nuclear Deal”
In many ways, Iran’s politics and isolation are due to its own foreign-policy mistakes
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Belarus. At a Crossroads Again?
On 1 February 2020, President Alexander Lukashenka, President of Belarus for 25+ years and the longest-serving president in Europe, met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Minsk. This occasion marked the first time since 1994 that the US Secretary of State has visited Belarus.
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Escalation of the China-US Trade War Could Lead to an Economic Crisis
The future of the World Trade Organization is not rosy.
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Impossible Security Policy Choices for the Baltics
The security of the Baltic Sea region is increasingly overshadowed by two interrelated developments: growing uncertainty about the US role and the increasing fragility of international institutions. The three Baltic states are the most vulnerable. Our security policy faces a difficult task: how to prepare for a possible weakening of the US presence in the future without our actions adding to the likelihood of this development.
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US Policy Towards the Arctic: Adapting to a Changing Environment
Regardless of the reasons for US president Donald Trump’s mercurial cancellation of his planned state visit to Denmark earlier this year—whether due to the Danish refusal to sell Greenland to the United States or his wariness of another lengthy foreign trip—his interest in expanding the US presence in the Arctic is understandable.
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Trump and Ukraine: A Shabby and Damaging Affair
In the United States, and in most other countries, the border between internal and external affairs has never been water-tight. But there has been a settled expectation that national leaders would not endanger national interests for private advantage.
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Will building the wall against Mexico also lower the threshold for Russia?
Many armed conflicts have started due to miscalculation when an aggressor has assessed that he has more to gain than to lose from using military force.
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Sven Sakkov to ERR: Buying Greenland Would Have Been Appropriate in the 19th Century
Sven Sakkov, Director of ICDS, considered US President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel a state visit due to Denmark’s refusal to sell Greenland very impolite. According to him, this kind of behaviour fits into the 19th century.
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Kalev Stoicescu in Äripäev: Trump’s Idea to Buy Greenland Is Not Unprecedented, But It Is Totally Misplaced in the 21st Century
Stoicescu argues that Greenland is actually on the path of independence, even if it is still formally part of the
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