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Is Angela Merkel’s Ghost Pushing Germany From the World Stage?
- Analysis
- December 12, 2024
Otto von Bismarck left a social insurance program; Willy Brandt, the “Neue Ostpolitik” (new eastern policy); Helmut Kohl, German Unification; – and Angela Merkel, paralysis? That’s what critics claim. While Germany at the end of 2024 is in crisis, blaming the former chancellor (alone) is however misleading, unfair and short-sighted. Angela Merkel’s “ghost”, argues a
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Strategic Cultures in Flux: Slovakia, Germany, and NATO’s Eastern Flank
- Analysis
- December 11, 2024
The war in Ukraine has strengthened the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) cooperation, but it has also revealed the power of domestic dynamics to destabilize the alliance. Slovakia’s “pro-Russian turn” under Prime Minister Robert Fico and Germany’s ambivalent approach to the Ukraine war under Chancellor Olaf Scholz offer two distinct examples of how strategic culture
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Atteindre 2% du PIB d’ici 2029
- Analysis
- December 10, 2024
Le Canada s’est engagé à dépenser l’équivalent de 2% de son produit intérieur brut (PIB) en dépenses militaires d’ici 2032. Cette date d’échéance est toutefois hautement spéculative puisqu’elle fut énoncée à la hâte en juillet dernier, en marge du sommet de l’Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord (OTAN) à Washington, sans plan précis pour l’atteindre.
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The Enablers: How Nuclear-Dependent States Hinder Nuclear Disarmament
- Analysis
- December 9, 2024
Debates on nuclear disarmament often focus on two groups: nuclear-armed states, whose arsenals pose existential risks, and the majority of states advocating for their abolition. Overlooked, however, is a crucial third group—nuclear-dependent states—whose policies significantly hinder progress toward a nuclear-free world. Nuclear-dependent states, including members of military alliances like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
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