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- Data & Analysis
This paper argues that ceasefires rarely produce lasting peace because they suspend violence without addressing the institutional weaknesses that drive conflict.
July 22, 2026
Research
- Publications
The dominant assumption was that globalization had created mutual dependence sufficiently strong to discourage deliberate attacks against systems upon which both economic prosperity and international stability relied.
July 18, 2026
data & analysis
- Data & Analysis
This paper argues that ceasefires rarely produce lasting peace because they suspend violence without addressing the institutional weaknesses that drive conflict.
July 22, 2026
Publications
- Publications
The dominant assumption was that globalization had created mutual dependence sufficiently strong to discourage deliberate attacks against systems upon which both economic prosperity and international stability relied.
July 18, 2026
North Africa & Middle East
- Data & Analysis
Across the Middle East and North Africa, climate stress interacts with economic fragility, governance failures, social marginalization, and conflict.
May 22, 2026
events & Dialogues
- Events & Dialogues
Six years since the launch of its strategy for a ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’, the new US administration outlined how its strategy will evolve amid Sino-US strategic competition, as well as conflicts in Europe and the Middle East.
April 29, 2026
