In its war of attrition against Ukraine, the Kremlin is counting on outnumbering the enemy over a long period in terms … soldiers and volunteer fighters was stepped up significantly in order to conceal the human costs of war. At the same time, the … for a new round of compulsory mobilisation. However, Russia is not only recruiting for the war against Ukraine; the plan …

Sudan's two main security forces are fighting each other. A swift military outcome is not to be expected in view of the … role in nego­tiations. Civilian actors formed a broad anti-war coalition that should set the tone for peace talks from the …

Russian foreign policy since 2008. At the same time, the war has exposed the weaknesses of the military reform launched by … Moscow in 2008. The high losses of the country’s armed forces in Ukraine limit Russia’s military power projection … capabilities, for example in Syria and in other conflicts. Moreover, military setbacks and partial mobilisation have undermined an …

Development Party (AKP) rose to power in 2002. Undoubtedly, the reconfiguration of civil-military relations has been one of the … regime change in Turkey and post-Cold War security imperatives. …

War has raged in Sudan since April 2023 following fundamental changes in the political balance of power in recent years …. Competition within the security sector made it possible to form a civil-military transitional government. Yet the continued rise … Bashir’s fall in 2019, the security forces have twice tried in vain to establish sole military rule. The civil-military …

, it must bring together a society divided and impoverished by war. International partners should support Ethiopia in …

In Syria, the immediate effects of the war in Ukraine have made an already difficult humanitarian situation even worse …. Protracted violence in Ukraine or an expansion of the Ukraine war into a larger NATO-Russia confrontation would endanger … balance in favour of Iran and thereby increasing the risk of military escalation between Iran and its antagonists …