The Russian attack on Ukraine is not only reshaping the Western-led international order. It has raised new questions about the EU's ambition to become a geopolitical power with strategic autonomy, at least in the short and medium term. But it has also brought into focus the necessary inclusion of new actors – labelled collectively under the rather misleading term of the Global South – into processes of strengthening elements of international order but also of building peace in Europe. The continent is not anymore the stable exception in a disorderly world, but part of a global struggle, in need of stabilising efforts from outside.

Between Septemeber 3 and 10, the IIP conducted a study trip to Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaian. The aim of this study trip was to familiarize IIP staff and board members with the current situation in the region with regard to the ongoing socio-politcal developments in the region

PULS 24 Reporter Daniel Retschitzegger hat Stephanie Fenkart vom International Institute For Peace interviewt.

“Finlandization” for the North and “Austriazation” for the South provide a path toward unification – and denuclearization.

The restoration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia was only possible through the mediation of the PRC. The EU and the US, who individually and together could not achieve this diplomatic feat, showed the inherent weakness of the West’s rule-based order. Stability in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf will be boosted by this rapprochement. By working together to achieve common political and economic goals, there is no telling what Iran and Saudi Arabia cannot achieve – also regarding the JCPOA or the Palestinian question.