The Political Ends of the Current Wars
Ukraine, Hormuz, and the battlefield that is not on the map
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The fronts that hold the West in tension reactivate continuously, at a rhythm that has itself become the message: a sudden hope of peace, an agreement announced, a truce signed — and then the relapse into war. It happens in Ukraine, where negotiations open and close while the front moves by a few dozen metres a day.
It happens in the Gulf, where a memorandum of understanding was meant to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and tankers continue to be struck. Yet if one examines the military situation, a single circumstance dominates: neither belligerent appears any longer capable of achieving by arms the political objectives it originally set.
Key questions this report answers
- What is the central argument of “The Political Ends of the Current Wars”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
- What does this mean for European defence funding, procurement and investment decisions?
- How mature and defensible is the position described in “The Political Ends of the Current Wars”?
- Which European actors, programmes and funding instruments are most exposed?
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