Why the Iran Nuclear Deal Still Matters for Europe
This article was originally published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) on 16 January 2019. Today is the JCPOA’s third birthday – will it have another one? Three years ago, Iran and...
View ArticleResources and Insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
This graphic maps areas of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and how they overlap with key natural resources found in the country. For an analysis of the political system in the...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Peacebuilding Updated
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 ArticleThree Lessons from the History of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 1 February 2019. It took only minutes for the Trump Administration to support Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, when...
View ArticleAmerica’s Two Track Asia Policy
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum on 5 February 2019. President Trump came into office with strong prior beliefs about the failure of US alliance policy and the need for allies to...
View ArticleCold War versus Today
This graphic shows how the USSR compared to the US in terms of population, real GDP per capita (USD), defense spending (in billion USD) and nuclear weapons in the 1980s, as well as how the US compares...
View ArticleThe Belt, the Road, and Latin America
This article was originally published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) in January 2019. China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) project was late in coming to Latin America and the Caribbean...
View ArticleMilitary Offensive Cyber-Capabilities: Small-State Perspectives
This article was originally published by the Norwegian institute of International Affairs (NUPI) on 29 January 2019. Summary This Policy Brief provides an overview of the military cyber-defence...
View ArticleWhat is Europe’s Place in Sino-American Competition?
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 14 February 2019. In a recent speech in Hungary, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Europeans that using technology from Chinese...
View ArticleThe European Army Alphabet Soup
This graphic provides the reader with a helpful guide to navigating the different institutions and initiatives involved in the debate surrounding the possibility of creating a European Army. For an...
View ArticleNavigating Complexity: The EU’s Rationale in the 21st Century
This article was originally published by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in January 2019. For my parents, Europe was an ideal: it meant peace after the unspeakable death and destruction...
View ArticleThe US Shouldn’t Go to War with China over Taiwan—and Nor Should Australia
This article was originally published in The Strategist by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute on 13 February 2019. Paul Dibb, in his recent Strategist post, writes that America’s strategic...
View ArticleNew Era of Nuclear Rearmament
This article was originally published by YaleGlobal Online on 21 February 2019. Thirty years ago, when the Berlin Wall was brought down marking the end of the Cold War, the threat of conflict between...
View ArticleThe Framework Nations Concept
This graphic features NATO’s Framework Nations Concept to highlight the trend of regionalization within NATO. For more on the internal challenges NATO faces, see Martin Zapfe’s chapter in Strategic...
View ArticleNATO’s Nuclear Deterrence: More Important, Yet More Contested
This article was originally published by the NATO Defense College in February 2019. A more competitive international environment, and in particular Russia’s assertive policies, have sparked renewed...
View ArticleEnding Terror in Kashmir
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 22 February 2019. Why—on February 14th— did a 20-year-old Kashmiri villager blow himself up, taking with him the lives of 46...
View ArticleWhy China is Not about to Catch Up with US Military Technology Just Yet
This article was originally published by ETH News on 26 February 2019. Is China about to catch up with the US, the world’s leading military and geopolitical power? Researchers at ETH’s Center for...
View ArticleSteps Towards Rapprochement Between North and South Korea
This graphic outlines the key rapprochement related events between North Korea and South Korea since the 1972 reunification talks. For more, read Linda Maduz’ recent CSS Analyses in Security Policy on...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name? North Korea and the Contested Politics of ‘Nuclear Weapons...
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 6 March 2019. The second nuclear summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended abruptly last week with no...
View ArticleRehabilitating the Children of ISIS: A Comparative Case Study of Armed Groups...
This article was originally published by the Small Wars Journal on 6 March 2019. Introduction The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) routinely kidnaps, recruits, and employs child soldiers to...
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