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In 2022, the war in Ukraine awakened Europe. Here’s how it must adapt in 2023 by the Atlantic Council Experts. Atlantic Council, February 2, 2023.
The landscape before the European Union (EU) at the beginning of 2023 is unrecognizable from that of just one year ago. Europe has been faced with a new geopolitical reality in the aftermath of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and the EU has been compelled to reconsider everything from its military posture and relations with Ukraine to tech and trade challenges and its institutions.

No improvement in sight: China-U.S. rivalry to further intensify in 2023 by Gabriel Dominguez. The Japan Times, January 6, 2023.
At their meeting in Bali in November, the leaders of China and the United States raised hopes that the world’s two superpowers would find ways to prevent their rapidly deteriorating relationship from descending into open conflict.

On the Horizon 2023 – Middle East. Wilson Center, January 6, 2023.
The growing possibility that the Iran nuclear talks will collapse, and Iran will move closer to—or perhaps try to cross the threshold of—nuclear weapons capability, is the biggest challenge facing the United States and the Middle East. This challenge is compounded by the return of strategic great power competition, as Russia and China seek military, economic, and diplomatic support from the region to resist the global order and the US. Meanwhile, Iran is more explicitly aligned with Moscow and Beijing.

Ten conflicts to watch in 2023. Chatham House, January 11, 2023.
Each year, the International Crisis Group compiles a list of the ten conflicts to watch that examines key conflicts across the globe.

Today’s Armed Conflicts. Geneva Academy.
Today monitors more than 110 armed conflicts and provides information about parties, the latest developments, and applicable international law. Some of these conflicts make the headlines, while others do not. Some of them started recently, while others have lasted for more than 50 years.

At the top is a combustible combination: in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is eager to stay in power to avoid corruption trials and leads the most hard-right government in the country’s history, and in Iran, the 83-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is worrying about succession and challenge to his rule. The implications for their societies, those they occupy, directly or by proxy, and the region are considerable.