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The war in Ukraine underscores the severe human impact and economic consequences of large wars, but there has been remarkably little attention to why wars differ so much in severity in the first place.

For Europe, the challenge may no longer be only to deter Russia, but also to overcome the internal divisions that Russia seeks to exploit.

Israel’s military campaigns in the Middle East depend on support from the United States. But how long will that support last?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has a reputation for lashing out when cornered. According to some analysts, Putin’s pattern of responding to setbacks with escalation has made many Western leaders hesitant to supply heavy-impact weapon systems to ...

The Kremlin paired the July attacks with exaggerated battlefield claims and messaging aimed at the July NATO summit.

War once again threatens Norway’s security. One might ask what we need peace research for at this moment.

The accumulation of setbacks in Russian economic, military, and foreign policies this spring has reached such a scale that the pattern of deadlocked war is beginning to shift toward the prospect of defeat

The crucial question remains unanswered: What has actually been achieved politically?

Earlier this spring, we debated a law professor who insisted that lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) could clean up war. The professor posited that a war fought with autonomous weapons would be a war without rape. Taking humans out of the loop would...

On May 13-16 a United Nations (UN) expert meeting will discuss ‘questions relating to emerging technologies’ in lethal autonomous weapon systems. Such systems are distinguished by being mobile and selecting targets autonomously without direct huma...

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots was launched in April 2013 with the objective of achieving a ban on the development, production and deployment of lethal autonomous weapons. In May 2014, the issue will be discussed by a UN expert meeting under t...

The effect of the ongoing conflict in the Persian Gulf on Russia’s war against Ukraine grows more complex as the parties of both conflicts experience attrition of various kinds

Lebanese resilience is being tested in a population worn down by conflict, once again caught in the crossfire of regional rivalries.

In just over one week, the US, together with Israel, has struck over 3,000 targets in Iran and dropped thousands of bombs.

The U.S.–Israeli airstrikes against Iran that began on February 28 shocked Moscow.

The sum total of shortcomings has not only made the New START Treaty irrelevant but also turned it into a false promise.