Defending America from Foreign Election Interference
This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on 6 March 2019. The United States needs to safeguard the democratic process against foreign interference. It should...
View ArticleScenarios of Global Emission Developments
This graphic charts global emissions scenarios based on existing trends and increasingly ambitious climate targets. For more on how the Paris Agreement fundamentally realigned the structures of...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Small Steps to Peace
This article was originally published by ETH News on 8 March 2019. Many small, local steps may lead more sustainably to peace than big dreams of the perfect state. This principle lies at the heart of...
View ArticlePreparing for “NATO-mation”: The Atlantic Alliance toward the Age of...
This article was originally published by the NATO Defense College (NDC) in February 2019. The unprecedented pace of technological change brought about by the fourth Industrial Revolution offers...
View ArticleStill Flying Blind: Peace Operations and Organised Crime
This article was originally published by the Oxford Research Group in February 2019. Despite organised crime being recognised as a serious threat to international peace and security, UN missions still...
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 ArticleHuawei and 5G: What Are the Alternatives?
This article was originally published in The Strategist by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on 8 March 2019. Speaking about his politically embattled company’s chances to build national...
View ArticleHow US Military Aid Can Backfire
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 15 March 2019. Can military forces mitigate insurgent activity—“win hearts and minds”—by implementing small, localized aid...
View ArticleA Middle Path? US Public Opinion and Grand Strategy
This article was originally published by E-International Relations (E-IR) on 3 March 2019. In recent years, a sharp debate dominates the scholarly literature on American foreign policy and grand...
View ArticleFrom Cooperation to Confrontation
This graphic tracks how American opinions of Russia and Russian opinions of the United States have developed over time. To find out more about how these developments influenced Europe’s post-Cold War...
View ArticleWhen Corruption Stops, Trust in Government Can Start
This article was originally published in ISS Today by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on 12 March 2019. Trust is the glue that binds people together. When people trust in democratic...
View ArticleWhat Can Make Displaced People More Vulnerable to Extremism? A Study in...
This article was originally published by the United State Institute of Peace (USIP) on 14 March 2019. As the international community works to prevent new generations of radicalization in war-torn...
View ArticleWhat Does “European Defense” Look Like? The Answer Might Be in the Sahel
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 19 March 2019. A few weeks ago, the Danish government announced it would submit to its parliament a request for the deployment of two medium...
View ArticleFNC Groups (Partners and Observers), as of November 2017
This graphic features the different groups in NATO’s Framework Nations Concept (FNC) to highlight the trend of regionalization within NATO. But what does the FNC, with its emphasis on national...
View ArticleLocal and Globalist Foreign Fighters: We Need to Distinguish between...
This article was originally published by the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) on 20 March 2019. The broad definition of the term ‘foreign fighter’ causes operational problems for risk...
View ArticleWhat Are China’s Cyber Capabilities and Intentions?
This article was originally published by the IPI Global Observatory on 22 March 2019. News stories on the cyber threat that China poses appear on a regular basis. Most underscore a view that China is...
View ArticleBrexit is Making Europe Stronger
This article was originally published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) on 1 April 2019. The EU27 are holding together throughout the twists and turns of Brexit. This is simply...
View ArticleThe Gas Transmission System in Russia’s East
This graphic maps current and proposed Russian gas pipeline projects, including the ‘Power of Siberia’ pipeline which traverses the Russian-Chinese border. For more on the Sino-Russia relationship, see...
View ArticleThe ‘Regime Security Dilemma’ in US–China Relations
This article was originally published in The Strategist by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on 21 March 2019. Today’s debates on whether US–China relations are deteriorating towards a...
View ArticleFrom Belarus with Love: The Limits of Lukashenko’s Dalliance with the West
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 3 April 2019. Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its intervention in Eastern Ukraine demonstrated not only its unpredictability but also its...
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