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The condemnation of the annexation of the Crimea was unified and strong, but the sanctions that followed lacked any real bite. Read by Leighton Pugh. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/containing-and-deterring-russia-can-europe-act-strategically/ Credit: Nikolay Vinokurov / Alamy Stock Photo

Our new series of Worldview, presented by Adam Boulton is considering the future of warfare and geopolitics in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  In this week's episode, Adam Boulton is in conversation with Beatrice Heuser, Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones and Frank Gavin discussing the roles of NATO, the EU and the UN today. How can these twentieth-century institutions tackle the challenges of the twenty-first century?  Image description: The flags of the NATO member states are hoisted during the ceremonial handover of the new NATO headquarters in Brussels. Credit: dpa picture alliance / Alamy Stock Photo.

For the past sixty years, the use of nuclear weapons has become unthinkable. But with every conflict there comes a point where the unthinkable becomes possible. Read by Leighton Pugh. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/can-nuclear-deterrence-preserve-the-long-peace-between-major-powers/ Credit: RBM Vintage Images / Alamy Stock Photo

In a religious system which presupposed a covenant not just between God and the individual Jew, but between God and Israel as a nation, the sense of communal solidarity had an abiding impact, regardless of the differences between denominations. Read by Leighton Pugh. Credit: Maraike Hofer / Alamy Stock Photo

For more than thirty years, the US has sought to avoid deploying ground forces into protracted conflict. It has nevertheless done so in almost every single one of those years. Perhaps it is time to accept reality. Read by Leighton Pugh https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/americas-problem-with-unconventional-warfare/ Credit: Bumble Dee / Alamy Stock Photo

Islam — unlike Christianity — may not have a central motif of pain, sin and suffering, but it reveals so much about what it means to live with adversity. Read by Leighton Pugh. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/suffering-the-price-of-being-alive-an-islamic-perspective/ Credit: Dmitrii Melnikov / Alamy Stock Photo

While Christianity may strive to sing in a single voice, no one modern denomination ought to claim a monopoly on the truth. The region's history is in fact far more eclectic. Read by Leighton Pugh. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/reassessing-christian-history/ Credit: Yogi Black / Alamy Stock Photo

The Hindu tradition of Radha and Krishna calls us to see passion as the kernel of all religion. Read by Leighton Pugh. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-gods-in-love/ Credit: Heritage Arts/Heritage Images via Getty Images

As Jesuit missionaries spread further across the globe, the order’s founder wanted to ensure that its members remained connected. The result of this was an unparalleled network of knowledge which superseded religious tensions. Read by Leighton Pugh. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/jesuit/ Credit: Wikipedia Commons/ Bibliothèque Universtaire Moretus Plantin

Portugal’s commercial dominance of large swathes of the world lasted little more than a century but the images, transmissions, and trades that it engendered left a significant and long-lasting influence. Read by Leighton Pugh. Credit: Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma via Getty Images