Russia

Deterrence on Trial: Russia’s Drone Incursion into Poland and the Low-End Stress Test for NATO

Since late summer, Russia’s long-range strike campaign against Ukraine, built around cruise missiles and Shahed-type drones, has pushed the risks of cross-border spillover to the front of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (hereinafter: NATO) politics. That abstraction turned concrete on the night of 9-10 September 2025, when 19 suspected Russian drones crossed into Polish airspace during...

Putin and Trump Plan High-Stakes Budapest Summit

The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and the President of the United States of America (hereinafter: USA), Donald Trump, have agreed to hold a bilateral summit in Budapest, Hungary, within approximately two weeks. This high-profile meeting, confirmed by the Russian government, is ostensibly aimed at finding a resolution to the ongoing conflict in...

2025 BRICS Summit in Brazil

This article examines the outcomes of the 2025 BRICS Summit in Brazil and assesses what they reveal about the bloc’s role in shaping global governance. It analyses the expansion of BRICS into a broader coalition of emerging economies, the internal challenges reflected in the absence of key leaders, and the implications for multipolarity and the...

The Role of Türkiye in International Politics

In 2020, we found that multipolar global, political orders are much more beneficial for international and national development than unipolar and bipolar global orders. Within the devletist framework, which emerged in 2022, this notion is further supported through analysis at much deeper levels than merely the power-political surface. Today, we can observe several trends at...

Economic Statecraft: A Tale of Two Outcomes

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union and the Group of 7 (hereinafter: the EU and the G7) imposed targeted sanctions, sanctions against Russian financial institutions, and asset freezes. In 2015, the United States of America (hereinafter: the USA) imposed targeted sanctions on Venezuelan individuals and institutions, oil sanctions and asset...

A Push for Peace or Political Divergence? Orbán Challenges EU’s Ukraine Policy

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent critique of the European Union’s (hereinafter: the EU) approach to the Ukraine conflict has reignited debates about unity and strategy within the bloc. By proposing a ‘Christmas truce’ and a large-scale prisoner exchange, Orbán departs from the EU’s hardline stance, championing diplomacy over military escalation. This divergence underscores the...