In Search of Sustainable Approaches to Migration, EU Strives for Partnerships
This article was originally published by the IPI Global Observatory on 12 October 2018. Last month, president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker proposed a new program that would aim to...
View ArticleParanoia and Defense Planning: Why Language Matters When Talking About...
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 10 October 2018. The U.S. ambassador to NATO has, when one thinks about it, just one job. No matter who holds the job, the U.S. ambassador...
View ArticleEstimated Global Nuclear Warhead Inventories 1945-2017
This graphic provides an overview of estimated global nuclear warhead inventories from 1945 to 2017. To find out more about the Trump administration’s ‘Nuclear Posture Review’ and what it means for...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Integrating Religion into Conflict Analysis
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 ArticleThe End of Scandinavian Non-Alignment
This article was originally published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on 18 October 2018. Having debarked from ports in western Sweden, military convoys from various NATO countries...
View ArticleGo East: Stages of NATO’s Enlargement, 1952-2016
This graphic tracks the stages of NATO’s eastern enlargement since 1952. To find out more about Europe’s post-Cold War security architecture, see CSS’ Christian Nünlist’s chapter in Strategic Trends...
View ArticleDisinformation on Steroids: The Threat of Deep Fakes
This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations on 16 October 2018. Introduction Disinformation and distrust online are set to take a turn for the worse. Rapid advances in...
View ArticleIs China Ahead of America in Next-Generation Unmanned Aircraft?
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 13 November 2018. The China Airshow in Zhuhai is the annual exhibition that China uses, for both political and commercial reasons, to...
View ArticleThe 21st Century: The Age of Biotechnology
This graphic shows the key technological innovations of the last two hundred years and forecasts that the 21st century will be shaped by biotechnology. Revisit Claudia Otto and Oliver Thränert’s CSS...
View ArticleEuropean Security Post-Merkel
This article was originally published by the Danish Institue for International Studies (DIIS) on 14 November 2018. EU defence cooperation suffers from a lack of strategic purpose. This challenge offers...
View ArticleLessons from Post-Conflict States: Peacebuilding Must Factor in Environment...
This article was published on the New Security Beat blog by the Environmental Change and Security Program on 18 October 2018. The challenge of peacebuilding missions is not only to stop violence and...
View ArticleIncreases in Defense Budgets Between 2016 and 2017
This graphic shows the changes in defense budgets of various European countries from 2016 to 2017. For more on the challenges facing European defense and armament planners, see Michael Haas and...
View ArticleFighting Words: The Risks of Loose Talk About a “European Army”
This article was originally published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) on 20 November 2018. ‘European army’ is an empty phrase; what is actually needed is less talk and more action –...
View ArticleThe Yemen War: A Proxy Sectarian War?
This article was originally published by The Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) on November 14 2018. The diffusion of protests against authoritarian regimes across the Arab world in 2011 reinvigorated Yemen’s...
View ArticleMediation in Armed Conflict, 1946-2012
This graphic contrasts the number of conflicts that occurred between 1946 and 2012 with the amount of mediation that took place over the same period in both active-conflict and post-conflict states. To...
View ArticleRethinking Reassurance
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on November 13 2018. If Poland’s president gets his way, the Pentagon might soon start building Fort Trump on Polish soil....
View ArticleCrimea 2.0: Will Russia Seek Reunification with Belarus
This article was originally published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) on 19 November 2018. While speculation about whether Russia may repeat the Crimean scenario in Belarus...
View ArticleFrom Vancouver to Vladivostok: The 57 OSCE Participating States
This graphic of the week maps the 57 OSCE participating states and the organization’s 11 partner countries. To find out more about the OSCE, see Christian Nünlist’s CSS Analyses “The OSCE and the...
View ArticleRussia’s Approach to the Development of Intermediate-Range Missiles
This article was originally published by the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) on 14 November 2018. Image courtesy of Jacob Smith/DVIDS Russia will present the expected withdrawal of the...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Challenges to the Multi-Track Approach – Insights...
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...
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