A total of 164 countries have signed the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines – almost all nations, except the global powers. But has the treaty really altered the nature of warfare? In Ukraine, for instance, anti-personnel mines are still employed
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”Extraordinary, important. It must be read, not only to understand and structure Russia’s invasion and war in Ukraine, why Russians support it – or at least do not strongly oppose it.” Jade McGlynn, Russia’s War (2023). 264 p. Cambridge, Hoboken: Polity
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We still have time. Time to prevent the next war by credible development of disruptive technologies and the ability to use them effectively, noted Jaakko Puuperä in his NDR editorial.
NATO after Vilnius: Chopping An Eel Read More »
Yevgeny Prigozhin is no Ceasar, nor Yeltsin – and Vladimir Putin is not Pompeius the Great. History never repeats itself, but Yeltsin and Caesar did manifest themselves as saviours of the republic and defenders of the citizen. But in the
Prigozhin’s Rubicon Moment? Read More »
