European Security Architecture after Ukraine: Between NATO Dependence and Strategic Autonomy
The contemporary European security architecture is undergoing a significant systemic reordering since the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. For nearly three decades, the continent operated under the structural assumption of a cooperative, inclusive Euro-Atlantic security architecture, anchored by the principles of the 1990 Paris Charter and the collective hopes of a security community…
The Colour was Red: A Whisper of Hope, Love and Shared Silence
Review of Mahbod Seraji’s Rooftops of Tehran It was the long summer of restlessness, the youthness asking to colour the clapped mountains in red. Verses of fear and hope tremble the silent heart when Rooftops becomes boisterous. Some pages of history stay with us because of extraordinary events, and others remain as they make ordinary…
Iran After the War: Between National Cohesion and Political Reform
The second war against Iran imposed by the United States and Israel in less than a year is a critical juncture in the Islamic Republic’s contemporary history. The conflict inflicted significant human, economic, and infrastructural losses on the country. But the most consequential effects extended beyond the battlefield, exposing and amplifying pre-existing political, social, and…
