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member Alice Billon-Galland recently published a timely commentary for Chatham House on the new challenges and renewed momentum for European defence cooperation that are created by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, will it be enough to finally overcome the political and strategic hurdles that have held the process back, including budget cuts and a lack of European unity? Find out more here.
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The response to the September 11 2001 attacks significantly transformed the global security landscape and has had far-reaching implications on the rule of law and human rights. We should be careful not to sacrifice the very same values we are trying to protect in the fight against terrorism, writes Mona Koehler-Schindler.
Arseny Sivitsky is a Founder and CEO of Sarmat AnalytiX, a political and geopolitical risks consultancy (Hong Kong), and a member of the YGLN since 2017. Previously, he was a Director and Co-founder of Minsk-based Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (currently the activities are...
Deteriorating relations between Russia and NATO and the increasing capacity for rapid deployment and concentration of forces increases instability and the risk of military escalation, namely in the Baltic region. Against this background, the countries concerned could be interested in a conventional arms control regime that helps to prevent destabilising build-ups of forces and to enhance maritime security.