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The Missing Half of Security

Why investment in women is not soft power — it is part of how societies survive war, crisis, and recovery.

By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read

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The Final Week of the 2026 NPT Review Conference: Can the Treaty Still Hold?

Inside the final week of the 2026 NPT Review Conference at the UN: rising tensions, stalled disarmament, Iran, deterrence debates, and what diplomats are quietly saying behind closed doors.

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read

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Why Nuclear Deterrence Is Being Challenged — And Why It Still Isn’t Going Away

Inside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations, calls to replace nuclear deterrence with “common security” are growing. This ONEST+ analysis explains why the idea is gaining traction — and why nuclear powers are unlikely to abandon deterrence anytime soon.

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read

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Deep Dive: If Conflict Accelerates the Energy Transition, Who Gains Power Next?

A deep dive into how conflict could accelerate the shift toward alternative energy, which countries are best positioned to benefit, and how close the world really is to a new clean-energy balance of power.

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read

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Deep Dive: The WTO in the Age of Tariff Wars –– Still Relevant, No Longer Decisive

A deep dive into whether the World Trade Organization still matters in 2026: its history, past successes, dispute-settlement crisis, and how it is struggling to respond to Trump’s tariff war and a more fragmented global economy.

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read

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Deep Dive: China’s Middle East Balancing Act

Why China cannot afford instability in the Strait of Hormuz: an ONEST Deep Dive on Beijing’s Iran calculus, disputed military-support reports, diplomacy, shipping risks, the May UN Security Council presidency, and what could be at stake in a Trump-Xi summit.

By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read

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What Counts as a War Crime? Definition, Examples, Prosecution and Today’s Cases

War Crimes Explained: Definition, Prosecution and What It Means for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, Venezuela and Iran.

By Olga Nesterova • 8 min read

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Deep Dive: The $1.5 Trillion Divorce from Multilateralism

A deep dive into Trump’s expected $1.5T defense budget, the break from multilateralism, NATO strain, Ukraine spillover, and who benefits.

By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read

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APRIL 1 : Moon Mission, War Escalation, NATO Fractures

“We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks… We are going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong.” — Donald Trump KEY DEVELOPMENTS The day unfolded across three parallel tracks — and they do not exist separately. First, humanity returned to

By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read

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ONEST Deep Dive: Who actually controls Ukraine’s war funding?

How billions in European taxpayer money are routed through U.S. systems — and what that means for control, transparency, and the future of alliance-based war financing.

By Olga Nesterova • 4 min read

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NATO AT A CROSSROADS: What Happens If the Alliance Doesn’t Break — But Stops Working?

NATO faces a new kind of risk — not collapse, but paralysis. As U.S. strategy shifts and global conflicts expand, questions are emerging about deterrence, alliance cohesion, and what happens if NATO stops functioning as intended.

By Olga Nesterova • 4 min read

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The Iran War and the Layered Opportunism Model: How One Conflict Opens Multiple Fronts

A deep dive into the Iran war through the “Layered Opportunism Model,” examining how one conflict activates broader rivalries between the U.S., China, Russia, and Gulf powers.

By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read