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'People-centered peace' lost a major advocate this week
About Wolfgang Sporrer, diplomat, mediator, peacemaker, expert on Ukraine and beyond, who suddenly passed away this week, and about the issues he cared…
Feb 14
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Almut Rochowanski
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Western-Backed NGOs: A Hollow Version of Civil Society (published in Jacobin)
Just in time for Trump's/Musk's crushing of USAID, if from a radically different perspective
Feb 5
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Almut Rochowanski
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Western-Backed NGOs: A Hollow Version of Civil Society (published in Jacobin)
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On smashing and slashing USAID
Since Trump first froze all spending by USAID and then proceeded to unleash Musk and his hounds onto agency staff, put everyone on paid leave, issued a…
Feb 5
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Almut Rochowanski
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On smashing and slashing USAID
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Nowhere to go home to
Conversation with Ukrainian activists
Feb 3
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Almut Rochowanski
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Nowhere to go home to
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December 2024
My take on the turn of events in Georgia: a crisis we sowed by asking the impossible
Opinion piece on Responsible Statecraft
Dec 3, 2024
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Almut Rochowanski
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My take on the turn of events in Georgia: a crisis we sowed by asking the impossible
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November 2024
The time of women's tears
"First you cry because one man was killed, then the next man makes sure you have reasons to cry." Conversation with a displaced Ukrainian activist.
Nov 24, 2024
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Almut Rochowanski
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The time of women's tears
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Democracy promotion, soaked through with geopolitics
In Georgia, the West's most ambitious and self-enamored democratization project has ended in disruption and bitterness, amidst a region in flames.
Nov 21, 2024
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Almut Rochowanski
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Democracy promotion, soaked through with geopolitics
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October 2024
Farida Rustamova's and Maxim Tovkaylo's reporting on the dark turn following diplomatic breakdown
How the Kursk incursion caused the Qatar negotiations on a partial ceasefire to implode and put things on a worse course
Oct 4, 2024
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Almut Rochowanski
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Farida Rustamova's and Maxim Tovkaylo's reporting on the dark turn following diplomatic breakdown
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«В Кремле сделали вывод: будем уничтожать государство Украина»
Окружение Путина не верит в скорое окончание войны и ожидает эскалации конфликта
Published on Пояснительная записка
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Oct 3, 2024
September 2024
Inclusive diplomacy, finally
For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, international leaders remember a precious lesson about peace-making
Sep 30, 2024
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Almut Rochowanski
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Inclusive diplomacy, finally
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August 2024
What are you so afraid of?
The US hints at drawing down its military commitment to Europe. Europeans are on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Aug 19, 2024
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Almut Rochowanski
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What are you so afraid of?
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July 2024
Ceding the stage to the jester
The EU gets flustered about Orbán's peace mission, yet fails to show any initiative of its own
Jul 19, 2024
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Almut Rochowanski
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