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From the Ukraine Conflict to a Secure Europe

Introduction Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 put an end to European security as a cooperative project. That project was grounded in the so-called Helsinki Decalogue, a declaration within the 1975 Helsinki Final Act that laid out agreed principles of conduct between the West and the Soviet bloc.1 …

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Reformists Returned to Power in the New Government in Iran

Masoud Pezeshkian, who had vowed to form a “national consensus” (vefagh melli) government, could not deliver. Even though a few ministers are from the prior government, the key positions in his administration are given to those who had served in the reformist government of Hassan Rouhani until three years ago. …

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Greta Thunberg arrested again

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested during pro-Palestinian protests this morning in Copenhagen. “Students Against Occupation (a pro-Palestinian activist group) and I are in the administrative building of the University of Copenhagen,” Thunberg wrote this morning in the description of a video she posted on her Instagram. “The police …

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