“Politik ist, wenn man Gottes Schritt durch die Weltgeschichte hört, dann zuspringt und versucht, einen Zipfel seines Mantels zu fassen”1 Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) Source: regnum.ru A very personal view: seeing Prussia without complexes – family roots and core identity Roots, earth and homeland – these are difficult topics for my…

There is an urgent need to reverse negative trends and revitalize the arms control and disarmament process. Some people speak about going back to the drawing board, “reinventing” arms control and making it more effective and sustainable. They may well have a point, especially in view of the major political, military and technological changes in the…

The longer the current state of affairs in the Middle East deteriorates, the bigger the likelihood that major terrorist incidents will happen in our domestic societiesREUTERS/Fawaz SalmanThe situation in the Middle East is changing. Every year, the quagmire that has been caused by revolutions, civil wars and external intervention only seems to thicken…

January 2021
Breaking a Deadlock to Denuclearization of the Korean PeninsulaNortheast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NEA-NWFZ) as the end goal
Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki[1], Professor, Nagasaki University, and a Council Member, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsSummaryDenuclearization of Korean Peninsula is one of the most important security…

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification, in accordance with its Article 10.3. This is a significant milestone in the search for effective, innovative ways to achieve the elimination of nuclear weapons, a proposition enshrined in the first…

Sino-Russian cooperation Despite significant divergence between China and Russia in both regional and international arenas, the countries have striven to expand their cooperation in several directions namely in diplomatic, political and defense realms. China and Russia consider the US as a challenge to the national security of both Beijing and Moscow…

_ Yuri Kofner, junior economist, MIWI – Institute for Market Integration and Economic Policy. Munich, 23 January 2021.A special relationshipThe post-Soviet space is a prime example of the lived concept of the economic integration of different speeds and of a “Eurasia of concentric rings”. There is the CIS free trade area, then the Eurasian…

On January 25, Graeco-Turkish talks begin, at which Turkish claims to Greek island territories will be high on the agenda. Before we briefly consider the Israeli position, herewith a spot of recent history.AP Photo / Turkish PresidencyScorned countries sometimes seek out other scorned countries, for reasons of self-interest. Thus Germany, humiliated…

There is high urgency for new international legislation which would prevent unfriendly actors from using contemporary technologies for psychological wars and suppression of so-called hostile societies through information violence.By Viktoria Ivanchenko, PICREADI's editor-in-chiefOriginal publication on picreadi.com and orfonline.orgEven amidst…

Earlier reports have mentioned Iran's nuclear scientist Mohsin Fakhrizadeh's assassination in several ways, but now Iranian officials say he was murdered with the help of a remotely operated machine gun in the middle of the road. has gone.Arash Khamooshi / The New York Times However, Iran still maintains its stand that Israel is behind his murder. He…

Has America, the bastion of freedom, finally imploded and succumbed to the ideals it earlier fought to preserve?REUTERS/Jim Urquhart Steadfast democracies throughout the world often call out the integrity of a national election when in question whether it be a Venezuelan-type dictatorship, a one-party communist regime, or a banana republic. United…

Steadfast democracies throughout the world often call out the integrity of a national election when in question, whether it be a Venezuelan-type dictatorship, a one-party communist regime, or a banana republic. United States often leads the charge as the standard bearer of fair elections in representing the free world and defender of the values founded…