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25.04.2025
Ukraine and Poland Spearhead Promethean Liberation
Two mythical interpretations of the ancient Greek god Prometheus apply to Russia’s future: fire and creation.1 As the Titan “God of Fire,” Prometheus, or the “Forethinker,” defied the Olympian gods — ...
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09.04.2025
Mapping Russia’s Devolution
The rupture of the Russian Federation will be the third phase of imperial collapse following the unravelling of the Soviet bloc and the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. It will a...
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22.07.2024
Kazakhstan’s Multilateral Heft
While Washington is hosting a NATO Summit to demonstrate Western resolve, Russia and China convened a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kazakhstan. In an inc...
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29.03.2024
Central Asia gains prominence in European Union strategy
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the importance of Central Asia to the EU has become increasingly clear. Now represents an opportune moment for Brussels to strengthe...
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17.11.2023
Azerbaijan can become a constructive player in the Caucasus
The US, EU and Turkey must lead this mediation process, as they would directly benefit from a settlement that could foster security links and economic interconnectivity in the region. Not all wars ...
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17.05.2023
Polish-Ukrainian Neo-Prometheism Confronts Russia
“Prometheism,” an ideology and strategy devised in the early part of the twentieth century to combat Russia’s imperialism, is being revived in Europe’s east. The ideology—whose name is derived from an...