Syria Revisited: the external challenges of reconstruction
By Nicolas Zupardo Dutra* and Cinthya Araújo In December 2024, we published a column discussing the Syrian rebel offensive and…
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Why small drones matter and why Brazil cannot afford to miss the boat (again)
Ever since humanity took to the skies with airplanes, the risk of losing highly skilled pilots has always been a…
The militarisation of the Korean peninsula: the Pocheon accident as a sympton of structural tensions
As reported by DPolitik, on 6 March, at around 10am (local time), residents of the city of Pocheon were surprised…
Damascus has fallen: the impact of the offensive in Syria
By Nicolas Zupardo Dutra e Cinthya Araújo* “Welcome back, Bashar Al-Assad,” was the headline of an article published by the…
The Gripen Case: how technological dependence affects Brazil’s Defence
“It is very good to discuss agreements with a credible squad behind you”, this phrase, then credited to the Baron…
Ecos of the Cold War: From the Warsaw Pact to the Russia-People’s Korea Alliance
THE CLASSICAL VIEW OF GEOPOLITICS At the end of the Second World War, career diplomat George Kennan helped shape the…
Empty words? How Putin takes advantage of Soviet memory as a rhetorical tool
In 2005, Vladimir Putin, starting his second term as president of the still-young Russian Federation, declared that the collapse of…