Studying Conflict and Practicing Peacebuilding
This article was originally published by E-International Relations on 20 July 2017. What can one say about the academic study of violent conflict and its implications for the practice of peacebuilding?...
View ArticlePreventive Priorities Survey 2018
This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on 11 December 2017. The Center for Preventive Action’s annual Preventive Priorities Survey (PPS) evaluates ongoing and...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Temptations of a Mediator I
Mediation Perspectives is a periodic blog entry that’s provided by the CSS’ Mediation Support Team and occasional guest authors. Each entry is designed to highlight the utility of mediation approaches...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Temptations of a Mediator II
Mediation Perspectives is a periodic blog entry that’s provided by the CSS’ Mediation Support Team and occasional guest authors. Each entry is designed to highlight the utility of mediation approaches...
View ArticleWHO Decision Instrument for the Assessment of Events
This graphic maps the World Health Organization’s decision instrument for the assessment and notification of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern. For more on...
View ArticleRussia and China’s Alliance of Convenience
This article was originally published by Geopolitical Futures on 26 December 2017. China and Russia conducted a six-day military exercise last week. The exercise simulated attacks on both countries...
View ArticleBehind North Korea´s Olive Branch: An Alternative View
This article was originally published by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) on 5 January 2017. Synopsis North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s conciliatory gestures towards South Korea...
View ArticleGame Changer – Cyber Security in the Naval Domain
This article was originally published by the Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW) in January 2018. Summary The systems and networks naval forces must protect...
View ArticleOil Market 2012-2017
This graphic maps key indicators of the oil market in between 2012 – 2017. For more information on which trends will shape the oil market, check out this CSS analysis by Severin Fischer. For more...
View ArticleClimate-driven Migration in Africa
This article was originally published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) on 20 December 2017. The total absence of European policies to address climate-driven migration from Africa is...
View ArticleWhy Cyberattacks Don’t Work as Weapons
This article was originally published by ETH Zurich in the Zukunftsblog on 18 January 2018. Cyberattacks must also be understood as a phenomenon of political violence and combated as such, says Myriam...
View ArticleThe National Security Strategy’s Implications for Seapower
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 5 January 2018. The 2017 National Security Strategy is a statement of Trump administration priorities, and its central tenets can be...
View ArticleMapping the Conflict in Mali
This graphic offers a geographical overview of the various international security actors in Mali’s ongoing struggle with widespread insecurity and Islamist extremism. To read more about the conflict...
View ArticleThe Ambiguities of Franco-British Defense Cooperation
This article was originally published by Carnegie Europe on 18 January 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May will discuss their defense relationship, among other...
View ArticleDemocracy in Peril: Ten Elections to Watch in 2018
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 11 January 2018. Democracy’s resilience into the 21st century is rightly questioned. In 2017, a host of countries worldwide saw...
View ArticleNew Protests in Tunisia, But is the Government Listening?
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 26 January 2018. Seven years into a relatively peaceful political transition that has given Tunisia a reputation for stability,...
View ArticleCurrent ICC Situations
This graphic provides a brief overview of the various situations currently under investigation by the International Criminal Court. For a more in depth look at the ICC and its efforts to prosecute...
View ArticleChina-Russia Security Cooperation: Geopolitical Signalling with Limits
This article was originally published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) on 16 January 2018. Summary China-Russia enhanced security cooperation is a form of geopolitical...
View ArticleHas a Trumpian Grand Strategy Finally Stepped into the Light?
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 29 January 2018. Much ink has been spilled in the last 12 months over whether President Donald Trump can have a grand strategy and, if so,...
View ArticleTurkey Invades, NATO Benefits
This article was originally published by Geopolitical Futures on 26 January 2018. Less than a week after Turkey began its invasion of Afrin – the northwestern pocket of Syria that borders Turkey and is...
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