Judy Asks: Can Putin Be Stopped?
The decision to mobilize reservists and the ensuing domestic unrest points to Putin’s weakness. Western sanctions and military support for Ukraine are key to preventing a Russian victory. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Electrolysers for the Hydrogen Revolution
Due to Europe’s gas crisis and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ramping up the hydrogen market has become more urgent than ever for European and German policymakers. However, ambitious targets for green hydrogen present an enormous challenge for the European Union (EU) and its young hydrogen economy. Apart from the demand for electricity,...
Wandel in Italien: Rechtspopulisten gewinnen Parlamentswahlen
Italien steht nach den Parlamentswahlen am Sonntag ein tiefgreifender Wandel bevor: Das Mitte-Rechts-Bündnis aus den rechtspopulistischen Parteien Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) und Lega sowie der Mitte-rechts-Partei Forza Italia hat in beiden Kammern des Parlaments eine absolute Mehrheit erreicht. Von der Wirtschaftspolitik über die...
Die Rolle von Nuklearwaffen in Russlands strategischer Abschreckung
Der Ansatz, der Russlands Nuklearstrategie kennzeichnet, wird im Westen oft als »escalate to deescalate” beschrieben. Demnach sei Moskau bereit, in einem Konflikt frühzeitig Nuklearwaffen einzusetzen, um diesen zu seinen Gunsten zu beenden. Die offizielle Doktrin des Kreml, Nuklearübungen des russischen Militärs und die Debatten unter...
Ukraine War Risks Repercussions for Transnistria
Destabilization in Moldova incited by Russia could prompt Kyiv and its allies to deprive Moscow of all its levers of influence there once and for all by purging the self-proclaimed Transnistria republic of Russia’s military presence there. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Why Is Putin Upping the Ante in Ukraine?
Rapidly unfolding events in Russia are effectively transforming the conflict in Ukraine from a “special operation” on someone else’s territory into a war to defend supposedly Russian land. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia and India: A New Chapter
The balance in Russian-Indian relations is shifting decidedly toward New Delhi. Russia’s break with the West and ever closer ties with China as a result of the war against Ukraine will make sustaining its partnership with India more challenging. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia in the Balkans After Ukraine: A Troubling Actor
Russia has proven that it knows how to be a master of distraction and how to take advantage of ethnic cleavages, bolster hardline nationalist politicians, and complicate the region’s lagging reform agendas. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
SCO Summit in Samarkand: Alliance Politics in the Eurasian Region
Since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine, media reporting has shown an unfortunate tendency to observe international politics from a “friend or foe” perspective. For the sake of simplicity, anything that defies this scheme is placed on one side or the other: Those who are not with us are against us – and vice versa. Interpreting the summit...
Nuclear rhetoric and escalation management in Russia’s war against Ukraine: A Chronology
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