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Home / Themes / International Security / Page 8

International Security

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
How to keep France engaged in NATO. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron. Photo: NATO
International Security Analyses

How to keep France engaged in NATO

France's policy towards NATO has always been ambivalent: committed to collective defence, but sceptical about political and strategic coordination among allies.

By Alice Pannier
04 Feb 2022 //
13 mins Reading time
Putin wins and loses: towards a new European order? Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commission, in Ukraine. Photo: Genya Savilov / EC - Audiovisual Service, ©European Union, 2022.
Global Spectator Experts Comments

Putin wins and loses: towards a new European order?

Putin is winning with the political-military dispute he is pursuing in Ukraine, while also losing in other respects.

By Andrés Ortega
25 Jan 2022 //
8 mins Reading time

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