Dennis Dierks is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Eastern and Southeastern European History at Leipzig University.Katja Castryck-Naumann is a senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) and has headed the research training group 'Global Armenia/ns: Entalngeld Histories of Central and Eastern Europe and teh Caucasus' since 2025.Lena Dallywater is a researcher and academic coordinator in teh Cluster of Excellence Imaginamics at the University of Jena and was coordinator of the Leibniz ScienceCampus 'Eastern Europe - Global Area' (EEGA) from 2016 to 2025.Stefan Rohdewald has held the Chair of Eastern and Southeastern European History at Leipzig University since 2020.

• Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: International Organisations and International Law Chapter 2: Postcolonial and Decolonial Perspectives Chapter 3: Rearmament, Neutrality, and Non-Alignment Chapter 4: Religious Solidarities Chapter 5: Economy and Trading Routes Chapter 6: Ecology Epilogue I: Ukraine and Gaza—Relations and Comparison Epilogue II: US Presidential Elections 2025—Global Consequences List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations About the Editors Index

Dennis Dierks is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Eastern and Southeastern European History at Leipzig University.Katja Castryck-Naumann is a senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) and has headed the research training group 'Global Armenia/ns: Entalngeld Histories of Central and Eastern Europe and teh Caucasus' since 2025.Lena Dallywater is a researcher and academic coordinator in teh Cluster of Excellence Imaginamics at the University of Jena and was coordinator of the Leibniz ScienceCampus 'Eastern Europe - Global Area' (EEGA) from 2016 to 2025.Stefan Rohdewald has held the Chair of Eastern and Southeastern European History at Leipzig University since 2020.

• Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: International Organisations and International Law Chapter 2: Postcolonial and Decolonial Perspectives Chapter 3: Rearmament, Neutrality, and Non-Alignment Chapter 4: Religious Solidarities Chapter 5: Economy and Trading Routes Chapter 6: Ecology Epilogue I: Ukraine and Gaza—Relations and Comparison Epilogue II: US Presidential Elections 2025—Global Consequences List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations About the Editors Index

Dennis Dierks is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Eastern and Southeastern European History at Leipzig University.Katja Castryck-Naumann is a senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) and has headed the research training group 'Global Armenia/ns: Entalngeld Histories of Central and Eastern Europe and teh Caucasus' since 2025.Lena Dallywater is a researcher and academic coordinator in teh Cluster of Excellence Imaginamics at the University of Jena and was coordinator of the Leibniz ScienceCampus 'Eastern Europe - Global Area' (EEGA) from 2016 to 2025.Stefan Rohdewald has held the Chair of Eastern and Southeastern European History at Leipzig University since 2020.

• Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: International Organisations and International Law Chapter 2: Postcolonial and Decolonial Perspectives Chapter 3: Rearmament, Neutrality, and Non-Alignment Chapter 4: Religious Solidarities Chapter 5: Economy and Trading Routes Chapter 6: Ecology Epilogue I: Ukraine and Gaza—Relations and Comparison Epilogue II: US Presidential Elections 2025—Global Consequences List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations About the Editors Index