National Cybersecurity Organizations, Main Bodies and Responsibilities:...
This week’s featured graphics outline how cybersecurity responsibilities are shared among governmental organizations in the Netherlands. For more information on national cybersecurity strategies and...
View ArticleWho Gains from Trump’s Sudden Syrian Withdrawal?
This article was originally published by the ASPI’s The Strategist on 16 October 2019. President Donald Trump has upended American policy in Syria, and possibly in the entire Middle East, in one...
View ArticleContested Public Attributions of Cyber Incidents and the Role of Academia
In a recent article in Contemporary Security Policy, Florian J. Egloff reflects on the contested nature of public attributions of cyber incidents and what role academia could take up. In the last five...
View ArticleThe P5 Must Reaffirm that Nuclear War Can’t Be Won and Mustn’t Be Fought
This article was originally published in the ASPI’s The Strategist on 15 October 2019. There are three sets of reasons for a palpable rise in nuclear anxieties around the world: growing nuclear...
View ArticleRussian-Chinese Trade Relations
This graphic shows Russia and China’s trade relations with one another and the rest of the world. For an insight into the potential of Moscow and Beijing’s partnership, read Jeronim Perović and Benno...
View ArticleTerrorism Boosts Military Involvement in Politics (And Why It Matters for...
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 14 October 2019. Terrorism does more than kill people and spread fear. We already knew that terrorism damages economies and...
View ArticleA New View of Disaster Risk and Reduction: An Interview with Roger Pulwarty,...
This article was originally published by the Environmental Change and Security Program’s New Security Beat on 21 October 2019. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction recently released the fifth...
View ArticleRussian Defense Spending
These graphics provide an overview of the trend in Russia’s defense spending, outlining spending between 2010 and 2018 as well as forecasts for the defense budget up to 2021. For an insight into the...
View ArticleWho Wins in China’s Great Central Asia Spending Spree?
China’s Belt and Road Initiative seems to benefit only Central Asia’s richer countries. Cynics often ask if China’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has increased trade between China and its...
View ArticleTerrorist Attacks in Russia
These graphics provide an overview of the trend in terrorist attacks in Russia since 2008. For an examination of the impact of the 2014 economic crisis on counterterrorism in Russia and more, see...
View ArticleLocal Peace Processes and the Protection of Civilians
This article was originally published by the IPI Global Ovservatory on 27 September 2019. Resolving local conflicts between non-state armed groups, or between communities, is key to reducing violence...
View ArticleDiplomacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
This article was originally published by the Elcano Royal Institute on 11 October 2019. Theme The key question on the mind of policymakers now is whether Artificial Intelligence would be able to...
View ArticleMake China Great Again: Xi’s Truly Grand Strategy
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 30 October 2019. To the extent that any nation has a grand strategy, China surely does. The vision is no secret: Xi Jinping vows to make...
View ArticleEurope’s “Just Do It” Moment
This article was originally published by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in October 2019. It may strike as odd coming from this author, but this is no time for grand strategy. As the European...
View ArticleCeasefires since 1989
Between 1989 and 2018, more than 1,900 ceasefires and related follow-up arrangements were reported in the media, across more than a hundred intra-state armed conflicts around the globe. This graphic...
View ArticleExpanding Disclosure Policy to Drive Better Cybersecurity
This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on 16 October 2019. Introduction Threats to national and economic security emanating from cyberspace are all too real,...
View ArticleArmed Non-state Actors Need to be Included in Pragmatic Peacebuilding
This article was originally published by the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) in October 2019. Armed non-state actors (ANSAs) often act as important security-providers in conflict...
View ArticleTacit Alliance: Russia and China Take Military Partnership to New Level
This article was originally published by the Carnegie Moscow Center on 22 October 2019. By cooperating with China in the military sphere, Russia loses virtually nothing in terms of security, while...
View ArticleImports to Switzerland
As a highly developed, landlocked resource-poor country that relies on imports for many vital commodities and services, Switzerland is comparatively vulnerable to disruptions of supply. This graphic...
View ArticleExplaining Turkey’s Cross-Border Operation into Syria
This publication was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 16 October 2019. The Turkish incursion into northern Syria has revealed a central truth in international affairs: that the...
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