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The Iran Strikes and the Limits of Self-Defense
The Road to February 28 The coordinated assault by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, 2026,…
Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Diversity in the Security Sector between Structural Sexism and Institutional Change
“No means yes—and yes means anal.” According to media reports, this sentence was uttered during a briefing at the German…
Mehr als Irans Marionette – Die Huthis zwischen Allianz, Eigenständigkeit und Hedging
Historische und ideologische Eigenständigkeit Der Jemen gilt seit Jahrzehnten als eine der geopolitischen Bruchlinien des Nahen Ostens – ein Land,…
Diplomatic Goals or Fouls? – Football as a Field of International Relations
2024 is a year to excite all (European) football fans. After Germany hosted the World Cup in 2006, football is…
Changes in Ukraine’s Global Perception – How to stop the immanent decline.
When Ukraine was first included in the 2021 Global Soft Power Index (Brand Finance, 2021, p.19) a ranking often used…
America the Generous: Leading the World in Charitable Giving – What Are We Missing?
The number of people setting up Facebook and TikTok fundraising campaigns instead of asking for birthday gifts is rapidly increasing….
Space Weather – How the sun threatens critical infrastructure
[highlight color=”#4d535a” bg_color=”#f9f9f9″]Picture: ESA/A. Baker,CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, changes made [/highlight] [separator top=”30″ bottom=”30″ style=”none”] In June 2012, the world…