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Trans-Caspian Corridor

Arzu Abbasova and Olivia Allison | 2025.03.28

Managing expectations will be as crucial as making physical investments for Europe’s Middle Corridor, the Trans-Caspian International Trade Route.

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UK-CN Subnational Diplomacy

Andrew Cainey | 2025.03.27

There is substantial value to establishing a UK-wide framework that enables more effective local authority engagement with China.

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Fighting With Allies

Sean Monaghan, et al. | 2025.03.26

The United States military has no dedicated framework for conducting multinational strategic planning with its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. Four existing regional frameworks should be adapted for this purpose.

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European Digital Defence

Noah Sylvia | 2025.03.25

This paper examines the digital defence technology priorities of five key European countries – the UK, France, Germany, Poland and Spain highlighting their current capabilities and stated priorities and the challenges for achieving their digital ambitions.

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A Dangerous Standoff

Adnan Ćerimagić | 2025.03.25

Bosnia’s Serb separatist leaders have crossed a line – offering both a serious threat and a rare opportunity for domestic institutions supported by the EU to halt a long-running agenda.

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Europe’s Eastern Frontiers

Andriy Zagorodnyuk, et al. | 2025.03.24

Come a ceasefire in Ukraine, the border to Europe’s East will remain a line of tension with no end in sight, necessitating new concepts for collective defence.

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Driving Diplomacy

Ilaria Mazzocco | 2025.03.24

Competition with China in the automotive sector is a challenge for Europe, but also presents opportunities. Coordination is needed at the EU level to develop local value chains and to ensure that strong EV demand rebounds, providing continued support for the industry.

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Collateral Damage

Aaron Arnold | 2025.03.24

Neither Trump nor Putin has much incentive to address the North Korea issue, but leaving it off the table risks putting the nail in the coffin of the U.N.’s nonproliferation efforts.

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SIFMANet Virtual Asset Report

RUSI | 2025.03.21

This conference report summarises a February 2025 roundtable discussion on the implementation of sanctions for the virtual asset industry.

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Military Strikes Against Iran

Darya Dolzikova and Justin Bronk | 2025.03.21

While strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities are often cast in the light of avoiding escalation, underlying all considerations is the efficacy of military action to halt proliferation.

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