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Home / Themes / International Security / Page 8

International Security

Anti-nuclear shelter sign. Photo: Burgess Milner
International Security Experts Comments

The overlooked terrorist component of the hybrid threat posed by Putin’s Russia

The invasion of Ukraine has made clear Vladimir Putin's ultimate aims and the means he is willing to use to achieve them.

By Fernando Reinares
10 Mar 2022 //
7 mins Reading time
Central Bank of Russia. Photo: Фотобанк Moscow-Live (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Technology and economics Experts Comments

The Ukrainian war in the economic arena

War, as well as creating death and devastation, is bad for the economy: it destroys physical and human capital, increases uncertainty, and restrains investment and consumption.

By Miguel Otero Iglesias, Federico Steinberg
08 Mar 2022 //
8 mins Reading time
King's Gate in Kaliningrad formerly Königsberg, Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia). Photo: A.Savin, WikiCommons.
Global Spectator Experts Comments

The greater Europe that might have been and the one that, unfortunately, could be in prospect

If Putin’s Russia gets its way with the invasion of Ukraine, a new cold war is in prospect. Europe could have turned out otherwise a project of everyone.

By Andrés Ortega
08 Mar 2022 //
9 mins Reading time
The UN General Assembly Resolution on Ukraine and the struggle for International Order. United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Jonathan Ansel Moy de Vitry.
Globalization, development and governance Experts Comments

The UN General Assembly Resolution on Ukraine and the struggle for International Order

The United Nations and the international community vetoes Russia over attacks on Ukraine.

By Ricardo López-Aranda
07 Mar 2022 //
7 mins Reading time
Latin America in the Ukraine crisis: a pawn in the game for Putin’s resurgent Russia. Russian Embassy in Havana, Cuba.
Latin America Analyses

Latin America in the Ukraine crisis: a pawn in the game for Putin’s resurgent Russia

The Ukraine crisis is beginning to affect Latin America, which for Russia is just another pawn in a larger strategy.

By Carlos Malamud, Mira Milosevich-Juaristi, Rogelio Núñez Castellano
03 Mar 2022 //
28 mins Reading time
Continuity and novelties in Italy’s outlook on NATO’s Strategic Concept. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi as part of a two day-working visit in Rome. Photo: NATO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
International Security Analyses

Continuity and novelties in Italy’s outlook on NATO’s Strategic Concept

Italy’s current outlook on NATO features four main elements of continuity and two meaningful novelties which approach to the Madrid Strategic Concept.

By Alessandro Marrone
25 Feb 2022 //
14 mins Reading time
Online conversation “Russia’s Rubicon Crossing: War in Ukraine”
International Security Events

Online conversation “Russia’s Rubicon Crossing: War in Ukraine”

This expert discussion will address the consequences of Russia’s illegal action against Ukraine.

25 Feb 2022 //
2 mins Reading time
Outer space: the new horizon on EU’s strategic autonomy. Picture of the sun in the night sky from space. Photo: Qimono
Technology and economics Experts Comments

Outer space: the new horizon on EU’s strategic autonomy

The EU is deploying strategies on outer space for both markets and security and defence. There are several challenges to be addressed

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
23 Feb 2022 //
6 mins Reading time
Poland and NATO’s next strategy. Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, meets with Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland. Photo: NATO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
International Security Analyses

Poland and NATO’s next strategy: deterring Russia and making European Defence Work (for the Alliance)

Poland argues that the adaptation of NATO to the Russian threat should not be considered a job done.

By Marcin Terlikowski
16 Feb 2022 //
16 mins Reading time
Roundtable “Ukraine and the future of the international order”
International Security Events

Roundtable “Ukraine and the future of the international order”

An independent Ukraine is the pillar of the architecture of the European security order, but also of the future of the international order, which China and Russia intend to redesign.

10 Feb 2022 //
1 min Reading time
Towards greater European responsibility in security and defence: a Spanish-Dutch view. Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission, in the event "Europe in danger: what next for EU security and defence?".
International Security Analyses

Towards greater European responsibility in security and defence: a Spanish-Dutch view

The prioritisation of security in Europe and its immediate neighbourhood should focus on Spain and the Netherlands to reinforce Europe's maritime presence, especially in the Indo-Pacific.

By Luis Simón, Dick Zandee
10 Feb 2022 //
13 mins Reading time
China’s stance on Ukraine: preventing NATO from interfering in the Indo-Pacific. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shaking hands. Photo: Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation (CC BY 4.0)
Global Spectator Experts Comments

China’s stance on Ukraine: preventing NATO from interfering in the Indo-Pacific

China has adopted a complex stance on the crisis between Russia and Ukraine due to its own economic interests.

By Andrés Ortega
08 Feb 2022 //
6 mins Reading time

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