De-escalation: A toxic diplomatic medicine
Calls for de-escalation and restraint are often presented as solutions to global crises, but they can become tools that protect brutal regimes.
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Europe’s tragic vaccine saga
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Regional hegemony and control of the Tibetan plateau
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Europe needs integration, not harmonization
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Europe needs fortitude in the global power play
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100 years of Hungary’s dictated peace
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New standoffs between China and India
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Europe and Russia would be wise to seek better relations
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Sound business is key, not centralist ambitions
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Central Europe and EU cohesion
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A trillion euros on the wrong policy
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Iran’s aspirations for hegemony and its terrorist activities
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Turkey and Russia in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea
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Goodbye freedom, democracy and the rule of law
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Divide and rule in the Middle East
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Europe’s heedless foreign and security policies
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From decentralized democracy to centralized bureaucracy
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Is the German coalition condemned to stay?
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Greenland and Washington’s offer
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Jammu and Kashmir and Hong Kong: Autonomies violated
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The euro and the German constitution
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Respecting Turkey’s position
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An opportunity to solve the Russia-West and Ukraine conundrum
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Politics follow the money – the ECB’s fate
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The financial elephant in the room
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Inconsistent policies on Ukraine
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The debt problem ignored
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Social Democracy: Goodbye and thank you!
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The value of data
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The primacy of politics is a dangerous dogma
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A choice for economies: Freedom or socialism
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Changing scenarios in the Middle East maze
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Potential conflict between Asian giants
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Fake problems, real dangers
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Mounting tension in Asia
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Turkey’s elections
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Europe’s data regulation conundrum
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The doom loop
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Vietnam’s careful strategy
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Turkey has the right to protect its national interests
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The new German government: a political shambles
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Parliaments worldwide neglect their duty to maintain fiscal discipline
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Europe and Germany’s coalition of ‘losers’
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