Series

The ISN Articles series consists of publications which provide analysis of contemporary security issues and developments. As well as featuring articles on traditional security-related subjects, the series also includes pieces on broader international relations and human security issues. The topics are both ‘evergreen’ and current events-oriented, and are global in scope.

Publishers:	International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
Publications:	The New Atlanticism or a Wider Atlantic? De-radicalization Programs and Counter-terrorism: A Promising Agenda? Modi's More Muscular Foreign Policy? The Baltic Factor Iran’s Nuclear Deal: Implications of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action What Makes a Great Power? Open Source Indicators and Asymmetric Advantage in Security Planning Presidential Doctrines, the Use of Force and International Order The Decline of the West? Been There, Done That An Unintended Consequence of US Strategic Ambiguity: a Russia, China and Iran Troika Engaging the World to Better Address Climate Change Is Disease a Threat to International Security? The Special Relationship and Western Grand Strategy Violent Radicalization Revisited: A Practice-Oriented Model Iran's Nuclear Program: Winning the Long Game Russia and the South Caucasus: Exploiting Unresolved Conflicts Diplomacy in the Age of Globalization The South China Sea Dispute Rumbles On The ICC and ISIS: Be Careful What You Wish For Football or Atolls? Why Football Matters More than Chinese Island Construction for World Politics Modernizing Analytical Training for the 21st Century The Weakening Foundations of Western Power A Fateful Triangle: the United States, Iran, and Saudi Arabia in Yemen Learning the Lessons of Ebola: Why the Spread of Disease is about More than Just Health Fragile in Every Sense of the Word — Nepal’s Political Crisis Assessing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime Healing or Harming? The Provision of Health Care by Peacekeepers Right-Wing Terrorism in Germany and Beyond Shinzo Abe and Japan’s History Challenge US-Saudi-Iran Rapprochement Needed before Peace in Syria Can Happen The Decline of War? The Security Implications of New Mapping Technologies The Nuclear Deal with Iran: Strategic Implications The Failure of Foreign Aid to Pakistan Whither Ukraine? Why Peace Negotiations in Mali Will Not Succeed Gulf of Secrets: The Evolution of Gulf State Intelligence Services A Greek Canary in the European Goldmine Iran, American Politics and the Norm of Non-Proliferation Mongolia's Choices Matter Reflections on the Atomic Age The Middle East Turmoil and Israel’s Security Systemic Tension between China and the US Global Threats in Africa Manufacturing Dissent? Why Civil Resistance Starts The Strange Death of the Counter-Insurgency Era Waging Electoral Warfare Are Nuclear Weapons Worth the Cost? The Perils of Peacekeeping in Unstabilized Environments A New Enemy - How Conflict in the Islamic World Is Driving International Organized Crime The Long-Term Impact of Japan’s Hostage Crisis Could a BLACK-BAT Have Secured Ukraine? NATO’s African Quartet: Forging a New Strategic Partnership China’s Financial Footprint in Europe Predators for Everyone? The New US Drone Export Policy Neo-Medievalism: Austerity and Extremism in Greece Russia's Defense Industry: Breakthrough or Breakdown? An Inhumane Trade: Partnering against Human Trafficking Europe and Islam - The Way Forward Do-it-Yourself Islam? Views on the Religious Credibility of the Islamic State The Meta-Geopolitics of Geneva 1815-2015 Targeted Sanctions and the Right to Due Process Is the Islamic State a Secessionist Movement? Venezuela: the Emerging Energy Giant The Geography of Boko Haram: Maps, Sources and Methodology The Geography of Boko Haram: More Deadly but More Remote The EU and EEU: Hidden Opportunities for Inter-Regional Cooperation? Sony, the Internet of Things, and the Evolving Cyber-Threat The US-Russia Implosion Using Military Assistance to Combat the Use of Child Soldiers Japan-UK Ties and the Quiet Revolution in Japanese Foreign Policy From Markets to Terrorists: The Growing Need for Nano-governance The Call of the Islamic State Resonates across South Asia Is the Concept of Terrorism Still Useful? Russia after Putin Europe and Iran: The Nuclear Dispute and the Syrian Crisis Western Sanctions and Russia’s Oil and Gas Challenges Al Qaeda in India: Why We Should Pay Attention The Arctic as European Periphery A Reply to Mearsheimer Whither Pakistan? Neo-Nationalism and How States Use History Demagoguery & Violent Protests in Emerging Democracies The Rise of Arab Air Power The Case for Tactical Nuclear Weapons Kremlinology 2.0: Deconstructing Russian Grand Strategy What Is Asia? A Security Debate between Alfred Mahan and Barry Buzan The Drop in Oil Prices: Economic and Strategic Implications Civil War and Ebola Unequal Power, Unequal Reach: Reflecting on Iran-Bahrain Relations Drone Proliferation: A Cause for Concern? Renewed Relevance and Visibility - Switzerland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE The Intervention against the Islamic State under International Law Cybersecurity: A New Regime on Government-Compromised Encryption The Geopolitics of Europe: 1815-2015 Shinzo Abe’s Balancing Act with Russia Nationalism under Pressure: Islamic State, Iraq and Kurdistan The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Cyber and Information Warfare in a Regional Context Pragmatic Disengagement and Islamic Democracy Syria's Future and the War against ISIS The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): Rebirth and Regeneration? Russia’s Energy Shift to the East: Should Europe Be Worried? Military Modernization and the Future of Warfare in Asia The War on Terrorism: The Way Forward Kissinger on World Order NATO’s Ability to Respond to Crisis: The New Rapid Reaction Force NATO, Russia and Ukraine: Roulette or Reset? NATO and the 'Pivot' after Wales Why Did the Syrian Opposition Falter? Geopolitics after the Global Financial Crisis Land and Conflict in Brazil Defending the Island: Kurdistan’s Dunkirk and the Fate of a Free Middle East The Cycle of Nationalism in North East Asia The United States and the Chaotic Middle East Russia’s Nuclear Revival and its Challenges Coordinating a Global Strategy for the International Arms Trade Some Principles of Cyber Strategy The Balkan Conundrum: Kosovo and Regional Ripple Effects Has the Arctic Council Become Too Big? Pakistan’s Battlefield Nuclear Weapons and the Limits of the NATO Analogy The United States and Mexico: Forging a Special Relationship Creatively Disrupting the Intelligence Paradigm Armed Drones? Jein! Germany’s Qualified Decision for Armed UAVs NATO Wales and the Future of Western Grand Strategy Operational Solutions to Strategic Problems — Israel’s Policy Towards Palestine China’s Unlikely Partnership with Venezuela Refocusing US Foreign Policy in the Middle East Japan's Changing Security Policies: Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing Exporting Surveillance: A New International Security Issue The Evolving Drug Trade in Guinea-Bissau and West Africa The Next Generation WMD Nonproliferation Agenda The Regional Dimension of Central Asian Security Cooperation Another Kind of Victory: Wartime Economic Statecraft What Threat does Argentina Currently Pose to the Falklands? The Emerging Iranian-Turkish Energy Partnership: Strategic Implications The New Criminal Blitz: Mali, Iraq and the Business of Asymmetry Home-Grown Terrorism — Russia’s Ticking Bomb Who Leads? Avoiding the Balkanization of Cyberspace Convergent Technologies, Dual-Use Weaponry and the Global Balance of Power Halting the ISIS Advance: The Case for Manned versus Unmanned Aircraft Converging Threats Yield New Opportunities It’s Time to Invest in Afghanistan’s Long-Term Human Security Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Towards a Shared Understanding of the End State Towards a Geopolitics of Unburnable Carbon Land Reform and Rural Conflict Best Practice or Best Strategy: Can New Counterinsurgency Doctrine Win Future Wars? Three Lessons from the Modern Era of Small Wars 1914 Revisited: Great Power War in the 21st Century Japan’s Quest for a New Normal India and the Democratic Civil Peace Democracy and Terrorism: A Complex Relationship Democracy and Peace: Greed or Grievance? Democratization and Political Violence Revolution: A Source of Insecurity and a Thing of the Past? Food Security in Europe in the Age of Global Climatic Change Meeting Global Environmental Security Challenges: Water Scarcity, Migration and Extremism Beyond The "Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus" Environmental Security: Conflict or Cooperation? NATO on Edge Explaining the Economic Geography of Somali Piracy Maritime Piracy: A Chronic but Manageable Threat Not a New Cold War: Great Game II Is Piracy Eradicated? The Ever-Increasing Importance of Sea Power Yemen’s ‘Steady’ Political Transition? Energy Security: Asking the Wrong Question Does Declining Oil Revenue Equal Less Security for Azerbaijan? The Geopolitics of Energy Security The EU-Russia Energy Game — Who’s in the Lead? The Coming Human-Machine Forecasting Revolution in Foreign Policy? International Money is International Politics Multipolarity, Financial Statecraft, and the Liberal World Order Are Russia's Security Agencies At War (With Each Other)? Choosing the Price: How Leaders Pay for War Nuclear Iran? Optimistic Pessimists versus Pessimistic Optimists The NPT: The Center Can Hold How South Africa Gave up on the Bomb Making the Joint Plan of Action Work Waltz-ing with the Bomb: Good Hands, Bad Hands or No Hands? India’s Defense Sector Still Plagued by Corruption The Paradox of Post-National Europe Superpower Europe or Disintegration? The Other Sochi Security Stories The BRICS and the Future of 'Informal' IGOs Is 'Good-Enough' Global Governance Good Enough? US, Iran and China: An Emerging Strategic Triangle Cyberspace, Sovereignty and International Order Megacity Slums and Urban Insecurity How Can ‘City Diplomacy’ Influence Security? A New Medievalism? Dunbar’s Dilemma: Statecraft, Informal Institutions and Human Limitations Insecurity and the Retrograde State The State Is Here to Stay Solving the EU's Southern Immigration Problems Facebook and Public Empowerment in Tunisia In the Same Boat? Contrasting Piracy in West and East Africa The Crisis of Democracy The 26/11 Attack, Five Years Later Opportunities in Economic Crisis Chinese Nuclear Force Modernization and its Arms Control Implications Printing the Future? Technology Trends and The Future of Labor The United States, Inequality and International Security Iran's Energy Security Dilemma Inequality - "The Defining Issue of Our Time" Damned if You Do, Damned If You Don’t: The EU’s Asia Security Policies Plumbing the Depths: Unmanned Submersibles Come of Age Deconstructing the Middle East: An American Perspective Megacity Rising Does the EU Need a New Foreign Policy Strategy Al Qaeda’s Latest Bid to Woo India’s Muslims The Swiss-Serbian Chairmanship of the OSCE: A Trust-Building Agenda Trust-building in European Security Challenges and Prospects for Democratic Governance in Southern Africa Bloody Syria South America's "Safe Haven" North Korea's Soft Landing East Africa’s Fragmented Security Cooperation Saudi Arabia's Looming Security Challenges What Future for French Military Interventions? Negotiating with the Taliban: Pakistan’s Dangerous Dilemma NATO: Time to Refocus and Streamline Drawing the Line: Regulation of Riot Control Agent Delivery Systems Elections in Iran and its Foreign Policy China and Taiwan: Steady as She Goes — but Where? Abenomics and Japan’s Defense Priorities Moscow Open for Dialogue on European Security Issues Colombia-Farc Peace Talks: A Status Update Italy's Political Crisis Niger: New Drone Base Highlights a Shift in US-West African Relations The Warplane You Have Somali Piracy: Gone for Good? Greenland’s Dilemma and its ‘Reluctant’ Alliance with China Japan Under Shinzo Abe: 'Too Nationalist for the Rest of Asia? Russian Gas, European Integration and the Fate of Ukraine Nationalizing Villainy: Kleptocracies and State Crime Moscow-Beijing Ties: An Axis of Necessity Contested Histories of the Ashkenazi Jews Our Most Recent Revolution in Military Affairs — A Thumbnail Historical Sketch Georgia's Armed Forces: Army of the All or Army of the Few? NATO, Uzbekistan and the ISAF Withdrawal The Security Council in Yemen: Strong Commitment, Limited Leverage Climate Change’s Growing Threat to Security Russia-US Relations under Obama: Round 2 The Northern Ireland 'Flag-Riots': A One-Off or a Sign of Things to Come? ANZUS and the Asia Pivot: A Fork in the Road? Transnational Turmoil — A "Gift" from Russia's Underworld? The Case for Rebel Victory? North Korea’s Armed Forces: All Dressed Up, with Places to Go? Japanese Politics and Security in 2013: Back to the Future? Iraq - A Year After the Withdrawal of International Forces Intelligence Gathering and Reform: The Case of the United States Archaeology and the Israel-Palestine Conflict "War as a Game" The Future of the State: Is A World State Inevitable? The State of American Power and Defense Challenges for a New Era Challenges Facing the Russian Defense Establishment An American Iron Dome? India’s Defense Procurement Policies and the Failure of Autarky Is China Now a Sea Power? The New Face of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan Remote Control — a New Way of War From Nanotechnology to Nano-Defense Modern War — Its Present Status and New Identity Defense and an Independent Scotland High Stakes for China in Xinjiang US Pivot Pitfalls and Prospects The 'Third Track': US Military Moves in Persian Gulf A Spider's Web to Catch a Dragon? The South China Sea Disputes and Japanese Aid Policy in Southeast Asia Weapons Proliferation and Sanctions — Future Opportunities Troubled Times for the Sinai Peninsula Intelligence Reform in Europe More of the Same from China The Challenge of Protecting Critical Infrastructure against Cyber-Attacks Deterrence Theory — A Doable Reality or a Hopeless Cause? A Stuxnet Future? Yes, Offensive Cyber-Warfare is Already Here Water Conflicts in the Middle East Are We Destined to Fight over Scarce Water Resources? Water Scarcity: The Real and Virtual Problems Energy Infrastructure Attacks Return in Nigeria Insecurity and Peace Talks - What Lies Ahead for Energy Companies in Colombia? Energy Self-Sufficiency China's Zero-Sum Game in the South China Sea Rattles its Neighbors Food Security’s Unholy Trinity — The Case of the Sahel Food Security’s Unholy Trinity — Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Migration The Folly of Nuclear Abolition Post-Meles Hegemony in the Horn of Africa The Veil Slowly Lifts on North Korea's Nuclear Program US-Iranian Relations: A Decade down the Line Transnational Terrorism — How Has it Evolved Since 9/11? Suicide Bombing — The Argument over Motives Conflating Spaces: Syrian Rebels and Refugees in South Turkey The Challenge of Defining Terrorism Climate Change and Africa's Enduring Instability The Crime-Terrorism Nexus Beyond Mafia Stereotypes: Organized Crime’s Impact on Security The World’s Not-So-Hidden Criminal Economy Vying for Power in the High North Deterrence at Risk in South Asia Negative Views of Civilian and Private Security Contractors In Defense of Civilian and Private Security Contractors China's 'Significant Others' The EU's Growing Global Counter-Terrorism Role A Teetering Thailand? India’s 'Catch-22' Situation in Syria Misrepresenting the Syrian Revolution Defining IR: Is it Asia's Turn? Energy: NATO's 'Achilles' Heel'? Ukraine and NATO - an On-Off Relationship Making More Out of Less: How NATO States Can Seize the Opportunities of Shrinking Resources in Afghanistan Colombia's Intelligence: Putting the Country at Risk? Fiji: Carving Out its Own Political Space The Occupy Movement’s Search for Alternative Power Structures The Security Council in a Changing World Unsteady Thailand Cambodia, Communes and ... Change? Southeast Asia Between the Giants China’s China's Leadership and the Likelihood of Change Regional Cooperation and Integration in Northeast Asia The Balance of Power in a "Complex" Northeast Asia The Proxy Wars: Kashmir and Afghanistan Afghanistan: Future Energy Corridor? "Our Good Friend and Cousin": India in Afghanistan Unresolved Tensions in Yemen The Arab Spring in the Long Run Too Many Players, Too Few Solutions? Solving Somalia: A Complex Political Game Moving Towards Weak and Failed States Southern Africa's 'Defense Community' - Now You See It, Now You Don't South Africa - Regional Kingpin? The Threat of HIV/AIDS to the South African Armed Forces HIV/AIDS and Security in Southern Africa Southern Africa: Under the Influence? Terrorism in West Africa: The Anarchy That Hasn't Come The Case For Foreign Direct Investment Europe’s Chequered Security Integration Brazil Leading by Example New Security Structures: A Healthy Trend? Tackling Socio-Political Fragility in the Caribbean Canada's Troubled Legacy Narratives of Humiliation: Chinese and Japanese Strategic Culture Responsibility to Protect or Reform? The Global Commons: To Regulate or Self-Regulate — Is that the Question? The Power of Persuasion Power as Truth — Unmasking the Relationship Power and Recognition Among the Maasai Power — A Natural Phenomenon or a Form of Hegemony? The Strategic Weakening of Debt-Ridden Europe Africa’s Sore Spot: Regional Conflicts Across the Middle and the Horn Playing the Game of Diplomacy The Virtual Military Animation Without Borders Putin Redux Egyptian Youth: Cautious but Hopeful Entrenching Change in Burma Divided Over North Korean Refugees Japan and India: Making Up for Lost Time China, Corporations and Internet Censorship Syrian Youth Against Tyranny From Dictatorship to Democracy 2.0 Baby Steps for Burma "Power and Plenty": The Relationship between Economic and Military Power Europe's Pacific Neglect So What Kind of Economic Growth? Green Economics and the Rise of the Rest Whose Development Is It Anyway? Seismic Shifts or More of the Same? The Impacts of Global Economic and Financial Crises World Trade and Globalization: The Past 200 Years International Law and the Problem of Failed States: A Case of Ambiguities International Law and the Use of Force: The Case of Iraq What Are Human Rights and Where Do They Come From? Needed Reform: The Case of the UN Needed Reform - The Case of NATO The Problem with International Organizations How do "The Rest" View Transnational Institutions and Organizations? The Problem with Sovereignty: The Modern State's Collision with IO and NGO-Driven Cosmopolitanism The Problem with Sovereignty: The Modern State's Collision with the International Law Movement The Problem with International Law as a Promoter of Individual Rights and "Justice" The Scope of Human Rights in Today’s World

Publishers:

International Relations and Security Network (ISN)

Publications:

The New Atlanticism or a Wider Atlantic?
De-radicalization Programs and Counter-terrorism: A Promising Agenda?
Modi's More Muscular Foreign Policy?
The Baltic Factor
Iran’s Nuclear Deal: Implications of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
What Makes a Great Power?
Open Source Indicators and Asymmetric Advantage in Security Planning
Presidential Doctrines, the Use of Force and International Order
The Decline of the West? Been There, Done That
An Unintended Consequence of US Strategic Ambiguity: a Russia, China and Iran Troika
Engaging the World to Better Address Climate Change
Is Disease a Threat to International Security?
The Special Relationship and Western Grand Strategy
Violent Radicalization Revisited: A Practice-Oriented Model
Iran's Nuclear Program: Winning the Long Game
Russia and the South Caucasus: Exploiting Unresolved Conflicts
Diplomacy in the Age of Globalization
The South China Sea Dispute Rumbles On
The ICC and ISIS: Be Careful What You Wish For
Football or Atolls? Why Football Matters More than Chinese Island Construction for World Politics
Modernizing Analytical Training for the 21st Century
The Weakening Foundations of Western Power
A Fateful Triangle: the United States, Iran, and Saudi Arabia in Yemen
Learning the Lessons of Ebola: Why the Spread of Disease is about More than Just Health
Fragile in Every Sense of the Word — Nepal’s Political Crisis
Assessing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
Healing or Harming? The Provision of Health Care by Peacekeepers
Right-Wing Terrorism in Germany and Beyond
Shinzo Abe and Japan’s History Challenge
US-Saudi-Iran Rapprochement Needed before Peace in Syria Can Happen
The Decline of War?
The Security Implications of New Mapping Technologies
The Nuclear Deal with Iran: Strategic Implications
The Failure of Foreign Aid to Pakistan
Whither Ukraine?
Why Peace Negotiations in Mali Will Not Succeed
Gulf of Secrets: The Evolution of Gulf State Intelligence Services
A Greek Canary in the European Goldmine
Iran, American Politics and the Norm of Non-Proliferation
Mongolia's Choices Matter
Reflections on the Atomic Age
The Middle East Turmoil and Israel’s Security
Systemic Tension between China and the US
Global Threats in Africa
Manufacturing Dissent? Why Civil Resistance Starts
The Strange Death of the Counter-Insurgency Era
Waging Electoral Warfare
Are Nuclear Weapons Worth the Cost?
The Perils of Peacekeeping in Unstabilized Environments
A New Enemy - How Conflict in the Islamic World Is Driving International Organized Crime
The Long-Term Impact of Japan’s Hostage Crisis
Could a BLACK-BAT Have Secured Ukraine?
NATO’s African Quartet: Forging a New Strategic Partnership
China’s Financial Footprint in Europe
Predators for Everyone? The New US Drone Export Policy
Neo-Medievalism: Austerity and Extremism in Greece
Russia's Defense Industry: Breakthrough or Breakdown?
An Inhumane Trade: Partnering against Human Trafficking
Europe and Islam - The Way Forward
Do-it-Yourself Islam? Views on the Religious Credibility of the Islamic State
The Meta-Geopolitics of Geneva 1815-2015
Targeted Sanctions and the Right to Due Process
Is the Islamic State a Secessionist Movement?
Venezuela: the Emerging Energy Giant
The Geography of Boko Haram: Maps, Sources and Methodology
The Geography of Boko Haram: More Deadly but More Remote
The EU and EEU: Hidden Opportunities for Inter-Regional Cooperation?
Sony, the Internet of Things, and the Evolving Cyber-Threat
The US-Russia Implosion
Using Military Assistance to Combat the Use of Child Soldiers
Japan-UK Ties and the Quiet Revolution in Japanese Foreign Policy
From Markets to Terrorists: The Growing Need for Nano-governance
The Call of the Islamic State Resonates across South Asia
Is the Concept of Terrorism Still Useful?
Russia after Putin
Europe and Iran: The Nuclear Dispute and the Syrian Crisis
Western Sanctions and Russia’s Oil and Gas Challenges
Al Qaeda in India: Why We Should Pay Attention
The Arctic as European Periphery
A Reply to Mearsheimer
Whither Pakistan?
Neo-Nationalism and How States Use History
Demagoguery & Violent Protests in Emerging Democracies
The Rise of Arab Air Power
The Case for Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Kremlinology 2.0: Deconstructing Russian Grand Strategy
What Is Asia? A Security Debate between Alfred Mahan and Barry Buzan
The Drop in Oil Prices: Economic and Strategic Implications
Civil War and Ebola
Unequal Power, Unequal Reach: Reflecting on Iran-Bahrain Relations
Drone Proliferation: A Cause for Concern?
Renewed Relevance and Visibility - Switzerland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE
The Intervention against the Islamic State under International Law
Cybersecurity: A New Regime on Government-Compromised Encryption
The Geopolitics of Europe: 1815-2015
Shinzo Abe’s Balancing Act with Russia
Nationalism under Pressure: Islamic State, Iraq and Kurdistan
The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Cyber and Information Warfare in a Regional Context
Pragmatic Disengagement and Islamic Democracy
Syria's Future and the War against ISIS
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): Rebirth and Regeneration?
Russia’s Energy Shift to the East: Should Europe Be Worried?
Military Modernization and the Future of Warfare in Asia
The War on Terrorism: The Way Forward
Kissinger on World Order
NATO’s Ability to Respond to Crisis: The New Rapid Reaction Force
NATO, Russia and Ukraine: Roulette or Reset?
NATO and the 'Pivot' after Wales
Why Did the Syrian Opposition Falter?
Geopolitics after the Global Financial Crisis
Land and Conflict in Brazil
Defending the Island: Kurdistan’s Dunkirk and the Fate of a Free Middle East
The Cycle of Nationalism in North East Asia
The United States and the Chaotic Middle East
Russia’s Nuclear Revival and its Challenges
Coordinating a Global Strategy for the International Arms Trade
Some Principles of Cyber Strategy
The Balkan Conundrum: Kosovo and Regional Ripple Effects
Has the Arctic Council Become Too Big?
Pakistan’s Battlefield Nuclear Weapons and the Limits of the NATO Analogy
The United States and Mexico: Forging a Special Relationship
Creatively Disrupting the Intelligence Paradigm
Armed Drones? Jein! Germany’s Qualified Decision for Armed UAVs
NATO Wales and the Future of Western Grand Strategy
Operational Solutions to Strategic Problems — Israel’s Policy Towards Palestine
China’s Unlikely Partnership with Venezuela
Refocusing US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Japan's Changing Security Policies: Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing
Exporting Surveillance: A New International Security Issue
The Evolving Drug Trade in Guinea-Bissau and West Africa
The Next Generation WMD Nonproliferation Agenda
The Regional Dimension of Central Asian Security Cooperation
Another Kind of Victory: Wartime Economic Statecraft
What Threat does Argentina Currently Pose to the Falklands?
The Emerging Iranian-Turkish Energy Partnership: Strategic Implications
The New Criminal Blitz: Mali, Iraq and the Business of Asymmetry
Home-Grown Terrorism — Russia’s Ticking Bomb
Who Leads? Avoiding the Balkanization of Cyberspace
Convergent Technologies, Dual-Use Weaponry and the Global Balance of Power
Halting the ISIS Advance: The Case for Manned versus Unmanned Aircraft
Converging Threats Yield New Opportunities
It’s Time to Invest in Afghanistan’s Long-Term Human Security
Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Towards a Shared Understanding of the End State
Towards a Geopolitics of Unburnable Carbon
Land Reform and Rural Conflict
Best Practice or Best Strategy: Can New Counterinsurgency Doctrine Win Future Wars?
Three Lessons from the Modern Era of Small Wars
1914 Revisited: Great Power War in the 21st Century
Japan’s Quest for a New Normal
India and the Democratic Civil Peace
Democracy and Terrorism: A Complex Relationship
Democracy and Peace: Greed or Grievance?
Democratization and Political Violence
Revolution: A Source of Insecurity and a Thing of the Past?
Food Security in Europe in the Age of Global Climatic Change
Meeting Global Environmental Security Challenges: Water Scarcity, Migration and Extremism
Beyond The "Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus"
Environmental Security: Conflict or Cooperation?
NATO on Edge
Explaining the Economic Geography of Somali Piracy
Maritime Piracy: A Chronic but Manageable Threat
Not a New Cold War: Great Game II
Is Piracy Eradicated?
The Ever-Increasing Importance of Sea Power
Yemen’s ‘Steady’ Political Transition?
Energy Security: Asking the Wrong Question
Does Declining Oil Revenue Equal Less Security for Azerbaijan?
The Geopolitics of Energy Security
The EU-Russia Energy Game — Who’s in the Lead?
The Coming Human-Machine Forecasting Revolution in Foreign Policy?
International Money is International Politics
Multipolarity, Financial Statecraft, and the Liberal World Order
Are Russia's Security Agencies At War (With Each Other)?
Choosing the Price: How Leaders Pay for War
Nuclear Iran? Optimistic Pessimists versus Pessimistic Optimists
The NPT: The Center Can Hold
How South Africa Gave up on the Bomb
Making the Joint Plan of Action Work
Waltz-ing with the Bomb: Good Hands, Bad Hands or No Hands?
India’s Defense Sector Still Plagued by Corruption
The Paradox of Post-National Europe
Superpower Europe or Disintegration?
The Other Sochi Security Stories
The BRICS and the Future of 'Informal' IGOs
Is 'Good-Enough' Global Governance Good Enough?
US, Iran and China: An Emerging Strategic Triangle
Cyberspace, Sovereignty and International Order
Megacity Slums and Urban Insecurity
How Can ‘City Diplomacy’ Influence Security?
A New Medievalism?
Dunbar’s Dilemma: Statecraft, Informal Institutions and Human Limitations
Insecurity and the Retrograde State
The State Is Here to Stay
Solving the EU's Southern Immigration Problems
Facebook and Public Empowerment in Tunisia
In the Same Boat? Contrasting Piracy in West and East Africa
The Crisis of Democracy
The 26/11 Attack, Five Years Later
Opportunities in Economic Crisis
Chinese Nuclear Force Modernization and its Arms Control Implications
Printing the Future?
Technology Trends and The Future of Labor
The United States, Inequality and International Security
Iran's Energy Security Dilemma
Inequality - "The Defining Issue of Our Time"
Damned if You Do, Damned If You Don’t: The EU’s Asia Security Policies
Plumbing the Depths: Unmanned Submersibles Come of Age
Deconstructing the Middle East: An American Perspective
Megacity Rising
Does the EU Need a New Foreign Policy Strategy
Al Qaeda’s Latest Bid to Woo India’s Muslims
The Swiss-Serbian Chairmanship of the OSCE: A Trust-Building Agenda
Trust-building in European Security
Challenges and Prospects for Democratic Governance in Southern Africa
Bloody Syria
South America's "Safe Haven"
North Korea's Soft Landing
East Africa’s Fragmented Security Cooperation
Saudi Arabia's Looming Security Challenges
What Future for French Military Interventions?
Negotiating with the Taliban: Pakistan’s Dangerous Dilemma
NATO: Time to Refocus and Streamline
Drawing the Line: Regulation of Riot Control Agent Delivery Systems
Elections in Iran and its Foreign Policy
China and Taiwan: Steady as She Goes — but Where?
Abenomics and Japan’s Defense Priorities
Moscow Open for Dialogue on European Security Issues
Colombia-Farc Peace Talks: A Status Update
Italy's Political Crisis
Niger: New Drone Base Highlights a Shift in US-West African Relations
The Warplane You Have
Somali Piracy: Gone for Good?
Greenland’s Dilemma and its ‘Reluctant’ Alliance with China
Japan Under Shinzo Abe: 'Too Nationalist for the Rest of Asia?
Russian Gas, European Integration and the Fate of Ukraine
Nationalizing Villainy: Kleptocracies and State Crime
Moscow-Beijing Ties: An Axis of Necessity
Contested Histories of the Ashkenazi Jews
Our Most Recent Revolution in Military Affairs — A Thumbnail Historical Sketch
Georgia's Armed Forces: Army of the All or Army of the Few?
NATO, Uzbekistan and the ISAF Withdrawal
The Security Council in Yemen: Strong Commitment, Limited Leverage
Climate Change’s Growing Threat to Security
Russia-US Relations under Obama: Round 2
The Northern Ireland 'Flag-Riots': A One-Off or a Sign of Things to Come?
ANZUS and the Asia Pivot: A Fork in the Road?
Transnational Turmoil — A "Gift" from Russia's Underworld?
The Case for Rebel Victory?
North Korea’s Armed Forces: All Dressed Up, with Places to Go?
Japanese Politics and Security in 2013: Back to the Future?
Iraq - A Year After the Withdrawal of International Forces
Intelligence Gathering and Reform: The Case of the United States
Archaeology and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
"War as a Game"
The Future of the State: Is A World State Inevitable?
The State of American Power and Defense Challenges for a New Era
Challenges Facing the Russian Defense Establishment
An American Iron Dome?
India’s Defense Procurement Policies and the Failure of Autarky
Is China Now a Sea Power?
The New Face of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan
Remote Control — a New Way of War
From Nanotechnology to Nano-Defense
Modern War — Its Present Status and New Identity
Defense and an Independent Scotland
High Stakes for China in Xinjiang
US Pivot Pitfalls and Prospects
The 'Third Track': US Military Moves in Persian Gulf
A Spider's Web to Catch a Dragon? The South China Sea Disputes and Japanese Aid Policy in Southeast Asia
Weapons Proliferation and Sanctions — Future Opportunities
Troubled Times for the Sinai Peninsula
Intelligence Reform in Europe
More of the Same from China
The Challenge of Protecting Critical Infrastructure against Cyber-Attacks
Deterrence Theory — A Doable Reality or a Hopeless Cause?
A Stuxnet Future? Yes, Offensive Cyber-Warfare is Already Here
Water Conflicts in the Middle East
Are We Destined to Fight over Scarce Water Resources?
Water Scarcity: The Real and Virtual Problems
Energy Infrastructure Attacks Return in Nigeria
Insecurity and Peace Talks - What Lies Ahead for Energy Companies in Colombia?
Energy Self-Sufficiency
China's Zero-Sum Game in the South China Sea Rattles its Neighbors
Food Security’s Unholy Trinity — The Case of the Sahel
Food Security’s Unholy Trinity — Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Migration
The Folly of Nuclear Abolition
Post-Meles Hegemony in the Horn of Africa
The Veil Slowly Lifts on North Korea's Nuclear Program
US-Iranian Relations: A Decade down the Line
Transnational Terrorism — How Has it Evolved Since 9/11?
Suicide Bombing — The Argument over Motives
Conflating Spaces: Syrian Rebels and Refugees in South Turkey
The Challenge of Defining Terrorism
Climate Change and Africa's Enduring Instability
The Crime-Terrorism Nexus
Beyond Mafia Stereotypes: Organized Crime’s Impact on Security
The World’s Not-So-Hidden Criminal Economy
Vying for Power in the High North
Deterrence at Risk in South Asia
Negative Views of Civilian and Private Security Contractors
In Defense of Civilian and Private Security Contractors
China's 'Significant Others'
The EU's Growing Global Counter-Terrorism Role
A Teetering Thailand?
India’s 'Catch-22' Situation in Syria
Misrepresenting the Syrian Revolution
Defining IR: Is it Asia's Turn?
Energy: NATO's 'Achilles' Heel'?
Ukraine and NATO - an On-Off Relationship
Making More Out of Less: How NATO States Can Seize the Opportunities of Shrinking Resources in Afghanistan
Colombia's Intelligence: Putting the Country at Risk?
Fiji: Carving Out its Own Political Space
The Occupy Movement’s Search for Alternative Power Structures
The Security Council in a Changing World
Unsteady Thailand
Cambodia, Communes and ... Change?
Southeast Asia Between the Giants China’s
China's Leadership and the Likelihood of Change
Regional Cooperation and Integration in Northeast Asia
The Balance of Power in a "Complex" Northeast Asia
The Proxy Wars: Kashmir and Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Future Energy Corridor?
"Our Good Friend and Cousin": India in Afghanistan
Unresolved Tensions in Yemen
The Arab Spring in the Long Run
Too Many Players, Too Few Solutions?
Solving Somalia: A Complex Political Game
Moving Towards Weak and Failed States
Southern Africa's 'Defense Community' - Now You See It, Now You Don't
South Africa - Regional Kingpin?
The Threat of HIV/AIDS to the South African Armed Forces
HIV/AIDS and Security in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Under the Influence?
Terrorism in West Africa: The Anarchy That Hasn't Come
The Case For Foreign Direct Investment
Europe’s Chequered Security Integration
Brazil Leading by Example
New Security Structures: A Healthy Trend?
Tackling Socio-Political Fragility in the Caribbean
Canada's Troubled Legacy
Narratives of Humiliation: Chinese and Japanese Strategic Culture
Responsibility to Protect or Reform?
The Global Commons: To Regulate or Self-Regulate — Is that the Question?
The Power of Persuasion
Power as Truth — Unmasking the Relationship
Power and Recognition Among the Maasai
Power — A Natural Phenomenon or a Form of Hegemony?
The Strategic Weakening of Debt-Ridden Europe
Africa’s Sore Spot: Regional Conflicts Across the Middle and the Horn
Playing the Game of Diplomacy
The Virtual Military
Animation Without Borders
Putin Redux
Egyptian Youth: Cautious but Hopeful
Entrenching Change in Burma
Divided Over North Korean Refugees
Japan and India: Making Up for Lost Time
China, Corporations and Internet Censorship
Syrian Youth Against Tyranny
From Dictatorship to Democracy 2.0
Baby Steps for Burma
"Power and Plenty": The Relationship between Economic and Military Power
Europe's Pacific Neglect
So What Kind of Economic Growth?
Green Economics and the Rise of the Rest
Whose Development Is It Anyway?
Seismic Shifts or More of the Same? The Impacts of Global Economic and Financial Crises
World Trade and Globalization: The Past 200 Years
International Law and the Problem of Failed States: A Case of Ambiguities
International Law and the Use of Force: The Case of Iraq
What Are Human Rights and Where Do They Come From?
Needed Reform: The Case of the UN
Needed Reform - The Case of NATO
The Problem with International Organizations
How do "The Rest" View Transnational Institutions and Organizations?
The Problem with Sovereignty: The Modern State's Collision with IO and NGO-Driven Cosmopolitanism
The Problem with Sovereignty: The Modern State's Collision with the International Law Movement
The Problem with International Law as a Promoter of Individual Rights and "Justice"
The Scope of Human Rights in Today’s World