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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 multilateral cooperation on conflict management,...
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In der Entscheidung Moskaus vom 24. Februar 2022, erneut in die Ukraine einzumarschieren, kulminiert der seit 2008 zu beobachtende Trend zur Militarisierung der russischen Außenpolitik. Zugleich legt der Krieg die Schwächen der 2008 gestarteten Streitkräftereform offen. Die hohen Verluste der...
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Moscow’s decision on 24 February 2022 to invade Ukraine constituted a culmination in the militarisation trajectory of 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...
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Seit Februar 2022 verteidigt sich die Ukraine gegen einen erneuten, diesmal vollumfänglichen Angriffskrieg Russlands. Nachdem sich die Maßnahmen zur unmittelbaren Unterstützung der Ukraine - militärische, diplomatische, finanzielle und humanitäre - eingespielt haben, gilt es nun, die...
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Since February 2022, Ukraine has been defending itself against yet another Russian war of aggression. Now that immediate support - military, diplomatic, financial and humanitarian - for Ukraine has improved, the country’s long-term security needs to be addressed. Looking ahead, security...
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In its war of attrition against Ukraine, the Kremlin is counting on outnumbering the enemy over a long period in terms of both hardware and personnel. Following the unpopular partial mobilisation in autumn 2022, the recruitment of contract soldiers and volunteer fighters was stepped up...
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Im Abnutzungskrieg mit der Ukraine setzt der Kreml darauf, langfristig deutlich mehr Soldaten als das angegriffene Land an die Front schicken zu können. Nach der unpopulären Teilmobilmachung von Herbst 2022 wurde die Anwerbung formal frei­williger Kämpfer im Rahmen der "verdeckten...
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The South Caucasus has long been a theatre of Turkish and Iranian cooperation and rivalry. While these two regional powers have historically balanced their interests, there are signs that rivalry is taking precedence. Turkey’s unwavering backing of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Karabakh War...
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It has become cliché to argue that Turkish-Iranian relations oscillate between a controlled rivalry and limited cooperation. However, in Iraq and Syria, rising tensions between Turkey and Turkey-affiliated groups on the one hand and Iran and Iran-backed groups on the other, have put the two...
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The AKP leadership's diaspora policy has created tensions between Turkey and European countries. Turkey's gradual slide into authoritarianism, Islam's steady expansion into public life and the increasing divergence between the foreign and security policies of Turkey and the EU have deepened the...
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