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From REPower to ReArm Europe: A Lopsided Geopolitics Foretelling Ecological Breakdown

By: Rubén Vezzoni  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ie-2025-0064 | Journal eISSN: 1613-964X | Journal ISSN: 0020-5346
Language: English
Page range: 323 - 328
Published on: Dec 18, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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