China’s ‘New Type of Security Partnership’ in Asia and Beyond: A challenge to...
This analysis1 was originally published by the Elcano Royal Institute on 26 March 2019. Since 2013 China has clearly called for the creation of a new security architecture in Asia. The May 2015 white...
View ArticleRussian Armed Forces along Deterrence and Deniability
This graphic maps how Russian armed forces’ capabilities relate to their deniability and the deterrence they provide. It also describes how Russia made use of these capabilities in Crimea and eastern...
View Article“Stabilising” the Middle East: A Historical Perspective
This article was originally published by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) on 28 March 2019. The relevance of “continuities” in relation to the history of the region and its inhabitants has been...
View ArticleAfter Crimea: Does NATO Have the Means to Defend Europe?
This article was originally published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in April 2019. Military spending may now figure in public conversation about NATO. But the alliance, at 70...
View ArticleRussia´s Engagement in Libya: Mid-2014 to 2018
This graphic highlights the uptick in Russia’s engagement in Libya from mid-2014 to the end of 2018. If you want to read more about Russia’s re-emergence as a power broker in the MENA region, see Lisa...
View ArticleA Close Look at France’s New Military Cyber Strategy
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 23 April 2019. “Cyber warfare has begun and France must be ready to fight it,” Florence Parly, the French minister for the armed forces,...
View ArticleTrends in Armed Conflict, 1946–2018
This article was originally published by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in June 2019. The number of armed conflicts in 2018 was slightly higher than 2017 and much higher than ten years ago,...
View ArticleThe Conflict in and around Ukraine
This week’s featured graphic concerns the conflict in and around Ukraine, highlighting the territory and border checkpoints not under the control of the Ukrainian government. For an insight into the...
View ArticleUS-China Trade War: Why the EU Should Take Sides and Favour the Rules-based...
This article was originally published by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) on 22 July 2019. The recent G20 summit in Osaka in June failed to deliver a breakthrough in the growing US-China...
View ArticleMeasles, Ukraine, and Civil War: The Missing Links
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 22 July 2019. In 2018, the global measles outbreak claimed 109,000 lives and sickened 200,000 more across 126 countries. And...
View ArticleExternal Relations of the EAEU
This week’s graphic maps the external relations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This includes states that have an observer status in the organization, who are members of the Eurasian Bank of...
View ArticleSanctions: The New Economic Battlefield
This article was originally published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on 6 August 2019. Economic warfare is being fought with an intensity not seen since the period leading up to...
View ArticleAmerican Credibility is Dangerously Low: Just Not for the Reasons You May Think
This article was originally published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) on 31 July 2019. In the field of international relations, a nation’s credibility is often thought to be calculated...
View ArticleSelected Targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
This graphic outlines data related to four of the seven targets set out in the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), which seeks to highlight the interdependencies between...
View ArticleIs China a “Currency Manipulator”?
This article was originally published by YaleGlobal Online on 13 August 2019. Trade is complex: US tariffs targeting China could weaken the renminbi, allowing Chinese exporters to maintain profit...
View ArticleBold Action on the Path towards Localisation
This article was originally published by Saferworld on 19 August 2019. To mark World Humanitarian Day, Saferworld’s Director of International Programmes, Susana Klien, looks at what it means to embark...
View ArticleRight-wing Populism and the Attack on Cooperative International Security
This article was originally published by E-International Relations on 23 August 2019. The contemporary political environment has seen a paradoxical hijacking of key liberal peace and security concepts...
View ArticlePolitico-military Coalitions and Supporters
This week’s featured graphic maps the domestic coalitions in the Libyan conflict and their international supporters. For an insight into UN mediation in Libya, read Lisa Watanabe’s recent CSS Analyses...
View ArticleTransatlantic Intelligence Ties Remain Strong: Insulated against Political...
This article was originally published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) on 13 August 2019. Headlines are rife with stories about political turmoil in transatlantic relations, and...
View ArticleTwo Tasks to Get Past the Crisis of Multilateralism
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 5 August 2019. It has become common to observe that the international rule-based order is in crisis, and recent developments have...
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