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The Helsinki Final Act at 50: The impact on NATO-Russia relations and future possibilities
Rethink Europe Discussion Papers
No.1 - August 2025
NATO’s Emerging Strategic Choices Lie in the Indo-Pacific and Middle East
Robert Mason and Savar Suri
7 August 2025
NATO warns of state-linked cyberattacks on Europe’s civilian ports, exposing critical gaps in maritime defense
Anna Ribeiro
The US military is about to become a world class polluter
Surging to a trillion dollar budget will put this industrial behemoth's emissions on par with those of entire countries
Ian Davis
A postwar Western stockpile for Ukraine that is amenable to Russia
Ending the war and establishing new regional security demands creative ideas
Mark Episkopos
This article was first published by Responsible Statecraft on 17 July 2025 and is republished here with the permission of the Quincy Institute.
Trump has backed himself into a corner on Ukraine
He now has fifty days to reach agreement on Ukrainian neutrality
Ian Proud*
Human Security Must Remain on the NATO Agenda
By Alexander Gilder*
Shooting Down Carney’s Faulty NATO Pledge
The PM vows military spending will zoom. He’s failed to show the need or how we can afford it.
By Christopher Holcroft, writer and principal of Empower Consulting
From peace to pauses: How ceasefires took over international diplomacy
Ceasefires should be part of a longer process aimed at achieving durable peace, not the endgame.
By Govinda Clayton, Mediation support manager and ceasefire expert at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
UK Greens seek change to NATO policy
By Paul Ingram*
3 July 2025