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Jul 2017

Jul 2017

´Santa Muerte´, Are the Mexican Cartels Really Coming?

John Coyne
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

This report argues that, for Australia and Asia, the menace of Mexican transnational organized crime is no longer looming on the horizon; it has already arrived. To respond effectively to this problem, the text's author contends Australian policymakers need to recognize...

Jul 2017

Defence Conversion: Dead Duck or Still a Relevant Object of Study?

Marc von Boemcken
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This publication charts the evolution of conversion studies, which focuses on demilitarization processes and disarmament management, since end of World War II and the reasons for the demise of the discipline in the new millennium. The text’s author also explains that while he doubts that a renaissance...

Jul 2017

Canadian Military Journal Issue 17, No. 3

Andrew J Duncan, Tony Balasevicius, Patrick Chartrand, Frédéric Harvey, Étienne Tremblay, Éric Ouellet, Andrew Fraser, Dominik Pudo, Jake Galuga, Peter Denton, Bill Bentley, Gerson Flor (Editor: David L Bashow)
Canadian Military Journal (CMJ)

This issue of the Canadian Military Journal focuses on 1) Russia´s employment of hybrid warfare; 2) the ideology used by North Korea´s ruling regime to legitimize its rule and possession of nuclear weapons; 3) child suicide bombers in Afghanistan...

Jul 2017

Der Westbalkan zwischen Russland und der EU

Matthias Bieri
Center for Security Studies (CSS)

Diese Publikation befasst sich mit der gewachsenen Rolle Russlands und der fortlaufenden EU-Integration im Westbalkan. Die Studie prüft inwiefern die EU-Erweiterung in der Region gefährdet ist und analysiert das russische Engagement in der Region. Unter anderem...

Jul 2017

Sur - International Journal on Human Rights Vol 14 No 25

Javed Noorani, Silas Kpanan, Ayoung Siakor, Aseil Abu-Baker, Renzo Alexander García, Michael Power, Manson Gwanyanya, Caio Borges, Tchenna Fernandes Maso, Tessa Khan, Michael T Klare, Patricia Ardón, Daysi Flores, Alex Soros, Maryuri Mora Grisales, Alejandro Anaya Muñoz, Mario Patrón, Santiago Aguirre Espinosa, Sofía de Robina, Stephanie Brewer, María Luisa Aguilar, Marlon Alberto Weichert, Vincent Ploton, Vivian Calderoni, Oliver Hudson, Irit Tamir, Renata Reis, Susana De Deus, Philip Alston
Conectas Human Rights

This issue of the SUR Journal features articles on natural resources and human rights. The topics covered include 1) the role of law in preventing exploitation; 2) the role of the state and private enterprise in exploiting natural resources; 3) natural...

Jul 2017

Using External Breakeven Prices to Track Vulnerabilities in Oil-Exporting Countries

Brad Setser, Cole Frank
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Most analyses of the impact of oil price swings on oil-exporting economies focus on their fiscal breakeven price - the oil price that allows a country´s budget to balance. However, Brad Setser and Cole Frank contend that this measure suffers from important limitations...

Jul 2017

Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe 1/2017

Bertus de Villiers, Ondřej Klípa, Igor Calzada, Balázs Tárnok, Silvia Cittadini (Editor: Tamara Hoch)
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)

The articles in this JEMIE issue focus on 1) how young democracies can foster institutional arrangements to protect ethnic minorities at the regional level; 2) the legality, legitimacy and shortcomings of the Czech Republic’s collection of data...

Jul 2017

How Britain Should Respond to Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria

Crispin Blunt, Johnny Mercer
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

In light of the April 2017 chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Syria, this paper looks at whether the UK parliament should respond by introducing a pre-emptive motion to authorize military action if chemical weapons are used again in the Syrian conflict.

Jul 2017

The EU Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox: Towards a Cyber Sanctions Regime?

Erica Moret, Patryk Pawlak
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

In an attempt to synthesize approaches undertaken by member states in response to perceived cyber threats, the EU has launched a joint framework, the Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox (CDT). In response, this article looks at 1) some of the inherent difficulties that face...

Jul 2017

The Proposed ´Digital Geneva´ Convention: Towards an Inclusive Public-Private Agreement on Cyberspace?

Maria Gurova
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

Microsoft President Brad Smith recently called for the creation of an international legal regime for cyberspace that would take its inspiration from the Geneva Conventions. So, what might this ‘digital Geneva’ convention look like and could it work?

Jul 2017

Why Saudi War on Yemen seen as US State Terrorism

Christina Lin
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

This paper looks at America’s role in the Saudi-led War on Yemen and outlines how the conflict is leading Yemenis to perceive Washington as a state sponsor of terrorism against their country. The text's author also highlights that although many Americans are not aware...

Jul 2017

The Art of Transition: Will the Democratic Transition Bring Genuine Change to Myanmar?

Norbert Eschborn
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

After decades of enforced self-isolation under a dictatorship, this paper casts a critical glance at Myanmar’s democratic transition and its apparent shortcomings. The author reflects on the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) overwhelming victory...

Jul 2017

The South China Sea Disputes: The Energy Dimensions

Frank Umbach
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

Given that global oversupply has reduced the economic and geopolitical importance of regional oil and gas reserves in the South China Sea, why is China persisting with its own deep-water projects? Like others, the author of this commentary believes Beijing is...

Jul 2017

Concise History of the Afghanistan-Pakistan War

Yossef Bodansky
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

What can we learn from the history of conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan? According to this paper, one insight is that the irreconcilable individuality of Pushtun and Baluchi tribes has consistently...

Jul 2017

What to Do about North Korea?

Enrico Fels
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

In light of North Korea’s persistent aggression against the US and its regional allies, this paper examines four basic policy options the Trump Administration could adopt towards the regime in Pyongyang. These are...

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