Peace and War in Sino-America: Forget the Headlines and Follow the Trendlines...
This article was originally published by Harvard International Review on 2 May 2017. Throughout the 2016 presidential election, then candidate Donald Trump blasted China for its protectionist trade...
View ArticleThe Consequences of Leaving the Paris Agreement
This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations on 1 June 2017. Introduction President Donald J. Trump has strongly criticized the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate reached by...
View ArticleNigeria: How to Solve a Problem Like Biafra
This article was originally published by the International Crisis Group on 29 May 2017. 50 years after Nigeria’s then Eastern Region declared itself the Republic of Biafra, sparking a brutal and costly...
View ArticleCrossing the Red Line: How Russian Interference in Western democracy is...
This article was originally published by the Elcano Royal Institute on 29 May 2017. Since the Ukraine conflict has started in 2014, tensions between Russia and the West have massively increased. The US...
View ArticleNew Moves to Provide Regional Submarine Safety
This article was originally published by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) on 2 June 2017. Synopsis Malaysia and Singapore have recently introduced new measures for submarine...
View ArticleDanger in Shifting Patterns in Global Militarisation
This article was written following the release of the Institute for Economics and Peace’s Global Peace Index 2017. While the world has successfully lowered overall levels of militarisation over the...
View ArticleBuddhism and Mediation Resources
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 Trump Effect on EU-China Relations
This article was originally published by the Elcano Royal Institute on 7 June 2017. Theme What are the implications of the Trump Administration’s security and trade policies on relations between China...
View ArticleWhy Russian Hybrid Warfare is a Threat to … Russia
This article was originally published by E-International Relations on 6 June 2017. There has been much consternation in America and Europe for the past decade since Russia began practicing hybrid...
View ArticleIsrael, the Six Day War and the End of the Two-state Solution
This article was originally published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on 10 June 2017. Donald Trump entered the White House promising to be ‘the most pro-Israel president ever’....
View ArticleThe (Overblown) Concerns Linking Foreign Fighters, Civil Wars, and Terrorist...
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 15 June 2017. More than 30,000 foreign fighters from 100 countries have entered ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq since 2011....
View ArticleRebooting the Franco-German Engine: Two Post-election Scenarios
This article was originally published by the Danish Insitute for International Studies (DIIS) on 15 June 2017. Rebooting the Franco-German locomotive of European integration is a key condition for...
View ArticleThe Proposed Nuclear Ban Treaty: The Road to Utopia?
This article was originally published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) on 18 June 2017. In late 2016, the United Nations decided to launch discussions on the establishment of a...
View ArticleModeling Peace and Security: The Future of Computer-Supported Policy
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 13 June 2017. Central Europe received a major increase in refugees fleeing Syria in 2015. With the region’s politicians initially...
View ArticleA Path to Free North Korea’s Political Prisoners
This article was originally published by the World Policy Institute on 20 June 2017. Circumstances are ripe for South Korea, the United States, and the international community to adopt a fresh approach...
View ArticleAirbrushing Stalin and Mao’s Horrific Crimes
This article was originally published by World Affairs in June 2017. “It’s easy predicting the future,” an old Soviet joke went. “What’s difficult is predicting the past.” There is a war going on over...
View ArticleHow Brazil’s Political and Economic Crisis Affects its Military Spending
This article was originally published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 22 June 2017. SIPRI’s recently published data shows a decrease of 7.2% in Brazil’s military...
View ArticleThe Islamic State’s Internal Rifts and Social Media Ban
This article was originally published by the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) on 21 June 2017. An important part of the Islamic State’s meteoric rise to power in Syria and Iraq was due at least in part...
View ArticleIs the Force Intervention Brigade still Justifying its Existence?
This article was originally published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on 22 June 2017. This potentially effective unit is being hamstrung by politics and concerns about using force in peace...
View ArticleCan We Predict Political Uprisings?
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 19 June 2017. Forecasting political unrest is a challenging task, especially in this era of post-truth and opinion polls. Several...
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