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Trump’s Russia Reset Is Real — Here’s How Europe Should Respond

Trump has inverted the U.S. approach to Russia and Europe. European leaders must aid Ukraine and take ownership of their own security.
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Countering Russian Lawfare and Gray Zone Operations

Using international venues to confront Russian malign efforts is key to effectively calling out illegitimate and illegal Russian activities.
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Ukrainian and International Legal Scholars Reflect on Ukraine, Three Years On

Reflections from Ukrainian and international legal scholars following the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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To Support Peace Efforts, the West Needs a Coordinated Way to Effectively Reduce Sanctions

Western leaders and foreign affairs officials face an uncomfortable reality: they have absolutely no idea how to lift economic and financial sanctions once a war ends and elongated…
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The Voices from Kyiv: Is the World Legal Order in Decay?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, and states’ reactions to it, are setting the stage for possible changes to the international legal order. In the end, this is a battle for a…
Kyiv buildings at night with explosions in the sky

Голоси з Києва: чи це епоха руйнування світового правопорядку?

Існують різні переломні точки в історії, які визначили метаморфозу міжнародного правопорядку.
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Trump Administration’s Mixed Signals on Russia and Ukraine May Reflect Internal Strategic Clash

Chaotic inconsistencies risk undermining its own approach and suggest splits between “peace through strength” and great-power appeasement.
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The Resilience of International Law in the Face of Empire

We may be effectively reverting, at least temporarily, to an era of imperial rule. But history has demonstrated that international law has a long memory. Lawyers and historians…
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A Nordic ‘Trump-Mitigation’ Strategy Amid a Return of Power Politics

These Northern European States, with their Baltic neighbors, will play a vital role in supporting Ukraine and defending international law amid the emerging instability of the Trump…
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Trump’s Endgame for the War in Ukraine

An exploration of how bargains between Trump and Putin may play out in negotiations to end Russia's war, and the consequences for the vital interests of Ukraine.
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Supporting Freedom and a Foreign Aid Freeze are Incompatible — But Perhaps the Point? A Case Study

The Trump administration’s action undermines bipartisan efforts to support freedom fighters and enables corrupt autocrats.
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What Just Happened: Security Implications of Trump’s Efforts to Trim the CIA Workforce

The White House's order for the CIA to send a list of new hires over unclassified email raises serious security concerns.
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