Michal Onderco

Jul 17, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Anna M. Dowd |Franz-Stefan Gady |Franz-stefan Gady |Michal Onderco |Minna Ålander

Last week, NATO leaders met in Washington, D.C., for their annual summit, marking 75 years since the North Atlantic Treaty – the alliance’s founding document – was signed in 1949. We asked four experts to tell us more about the summit and to answer one key question – how effective is NATO at 75? Read more below. Anna Dowd Senior International & Defense Researcher RAND Corporation The NATO Washington Summit last week came at a critical juncture.

May 15, 2024 | goodauthority.org | Michal Onderco

On May 15, 2024, shortly before 3 p.m. local time, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot during a brief meeting with citizens in Handlová in central Slovakia. The shooting was the first attempted assassination in Slovakia’s 31-year history as an independent country. Fico was in town for “a field session” of the government – when the council of ministers meets in regions outside of the capital, and regional concerns dominate the agenda, at least in part.

Mar 28, 2024 | spectator.clingendael.org | Michal Onderco |Wolfgang Wagner |Alexander Sorg

Why do some people say they are willing to fight for their country while others do not? Of course, answering this (survey) question is a far cry from anyone’s actual willingness to fight and to risk one’s life in battle, and often the true readiness of people to engage in combat remains unclear until a crisis erupts.1Nevertheless, examining the responses to this question in times of peace remains a compelling proxy for understanding potential behaviours.