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Ukraine: opening EU accession talks is an important boost for Zelensky despite Orbán’s obstruction

Ukraine war: stakes are high for EU and Ukraine ahead of crucial European summit

Ukraine war: Russia’s hard line at European security meeting ratchets up tensions another notch

Ukraine war: are both sides preparing for stalemate?

Is a Russian veto on leadership about to provoke the downfall of the OSCE?

Ukraine war: stalemate on the battlefield and shaky international support putting pressure on Zelensky

The new great game continued? How the West is trying to get (back) to Central Asia

Xi-Putin meeting: here’s what it says about their current, and future, relationship

Ukraine war: mixed signals among Kyiv’s allies hint at growing conflict fatigue

Nagorno-Karabakh: longest war in post-Soviet space flares yet again as Russia distracted in Ukraine

The 78th UN General Assembly High-Level Week: Spotlight on Ukraine and Sustainable Development Goals

Ukraine war: Russian-held elections seek to normalise illegal occupation and reveal reality of a long war ahead

Other BRICS in a new Chinese wall

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Group boss joins long list of those who challenged Vladimir Putin and paid the price

Ukraine war: drones are changing the conflict – both on the frontline and beyond

Ukraine war: talks in Jeddah give Kyiv an opportunity to push its ten-point plan to Brics and the global south

Ukraine war: Crimean bridge attack is another blow to Putin’s strongman image

Putin seriously weakened by Wagner Group mutiny – but it was a missed opportunity for Ukraine too

What next for Russia: Fragility, Fallout, and Shifting Dynamics

Berlin blockade 75 years on: how Russian occupation tactics in Ukraine echo Soviet actions in East Germany

Ukraine war: failed African peace mission underscores need for more powerful political and military pressure on Putin

Keeping an eye on the fundamentals

Ukraine war: what we know about the Nova Kakhovka dam and who gains from its destruction

Summitry continued: the EU and Central Asia, BRICS and Friends, and the European Political Community

Moscow drone attacks are a morale booster for Ukraine and a warning for Russia – here’s why

Kosovo government must take most of the blame for the latest violence, but any long-term solution will require a constructive response from Serbia as well

The Debt Ceiling, Summitry, and Corporate Governance in Japan...or just follow the money

Ukraine war: Zelensky’s diplomatic tour has improved the ground for a fresh military offensive – but it needs to come soon

How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west

Moving on from Ukraine? China-West relations between Xi'an and Hiroshima

Zelensky’s European tour has won critical support for Ukraine’s counter-offensive

Black Swan Events & Business Resilience: Insights from Ukrainian Companies amid War

Italian Corporate Governance, Global Impact of a US Debt Default, Sudan to Ukraine, and Eurovision

Ukraine war: drone ‘attack’ on Kremlin – logic suggests a false flag to distract Russians ahead of Victory Day on May 9

Ukraine war: what China gains from acting as peacemaker

Western anger over China’s ambiguity on Ukraine cannot hide growing divisions in EU over support for Kyiv

Boardroom Accountability, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, and the Role of Business in Stability

The future of Afghanistan hangs in the balance

Global Challenges in a Fragmented World

Ukraine war: Pentagon leaks paint gloomy picture of long war that can’t be won but must not be lost

Mitigating the risks of geopolitical fragmentation: regulation, oversight, and good corporate governance

Europe-China relations: still just muddling through?

Is Global Growth Doomed?

The Russia-China relationship: the perils of a ‘friendship with no limits’

Navigating the Vortex

Ukraine war: ICC’s Putin arrest warrant may be symbolic but must be the beginning of holding the Russian leader accountable

Ukraine war: Moldova could be the first domino in a new Russian plan for horizontal escalation

Ukraine: Beijing’s peace initiative offers glimpse at how China plans to win the war