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We seem to be facing a new style of hybrid military escalation. In February 2022, China believed Russia would easily win over Ukraine and cautiously supported
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Russian culture and history has long embraced a hybrid self-image: a western and an eastern, orientations sometimes compatible but more often in conflict. Geographically too, it

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US: A Tale of Two Candidates and Two Foreign Directions

Without a general foreign policy consensus, in two wars and a significant China controversy, the two candidates could set America on very different paths with enormous consequences for the country and the world. In 2020, the two US presidential candidates,
/ Director - 24 October 2024
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A Reassessment on Lebanon’s UNIFIL

I visited the UNIFIL II mission in Lebanon in the spring of 2007 and already then the Hezbollah militiamen were irresponsive on urgings about disarmament or moving north of the Litani River as directed by the UN Security Council resolution
- 23 October 2024
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The country's future, the CPC, and democracy are at stake in Beijing's drive for reunification with Taiwan. Now more than ever, sweeping them under the carpet
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On the eve of a momentous and very divisive US elections, Europe and all the American allies and friends are awaiting the results with immense uncertainty.

A Way for the Pope with Israel?

The Pope's decision to declare October 7th a day of fasting is a farsighted warning

Does China need a Grand Strategy?

China might need a new Grand Strategy for the first time since the 3rd century

The Transformation of Intelligence. The Pager Case

The recent attacks against Hezbollah reveal a significant evolution in the operational methods of intelligence

Peace in Ukraine and Chaos for the

Is peace in Ukraine possible soon? The American elections are pivotal, of course. If Donald

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