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NATO Facing Russia: Deterrence, Escalation and the Future

Julian Lindley-French Apr 28, 2022

“The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise…

Putin’s mistakes birth a new world order

John C. Hulsman Apr 15, 2022

There is little doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s miscalculations have birthed a new world order. At the strategic level, the Russian President is guilty of three fatal strategic errors. First, his battle plan for invading…

How the Ukraine war has strengthened India’s digital sovereignty ambition

Hindol Sengupta Apr 3, 2022

It was the SWIFT sanctions that did it. In response to the military operations in Ukraine, the European Commission has disconnected Russia’s major banks from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), which is…

Cosa non è la geopolitica

Alessandro Turci Apr 1, 2022

La geopolitica non dovrebbe avere lo scopo primario di interpretare in modo del tutto libero. L’interpretazione, insomma, dovrebbe essere al servizio dei fatti oggettivi, invece di sfruttare i medesimi come un pretesto per interpretazioni e…

Biden’s trip to Europe: between unity and escalation

Andrew Spannaus Mar 31, 2022

One month after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden went to Europe seeking to maintain unity in the transatlantic response to the war, managing the difficult task of escalating without approaching the line that…