Publications

The title of this commentary says it all. What Francis Ghilès does provide is specifics on 1) why Algeria's hydrocarbon economy has been so hard hit lately, 2) the growing restiveness of the Algerian ...chevron_right

This study examines the effect Catalonia seceding from Spain could have on the region's economic development as well as its relations with Madrid and the EU. The authors present two scenarios: one in ...chevron_right

This brief discusses 1) the potential for the deployment of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Black Sea Region following the deterioration in relations between the West and Russia; and 2) the s...chevron_right

This paper discusses the impact of the Ukrainian crisis that started in 2013 and Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 on the EU's European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). The author contends that the cris...chevron_right

This paper examines how President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has managed to maintain control over government institutions since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War. Basically, the regime has sustained...chevron_right

This paper proposes some reasons for Russia's adoption of a more assertive foreign policy under president Vladimir Putin, particularly in Crimea and eastern Ukraine since the beginning of 2014. More s...chevron_right

This paper proposes a systematic and comprehensive way to categorize and measure disruptive cyber-attacks. More specifically, the paper's author tries to differentiate between exploitative and five ty...chevron_right

This paper focuses the alliance between the United States and Australia, what the two partners expect from it, and how they are adapting to a changing Asia-Pacific region. The paper's authors also foc...chevron_right

This paper examines political attitudes in Europe, with a particular focus on the main cleavages in such attitudes as well as the relations between them. In particular, the authors focus on six such c...chevron_right

This paper discusses the development and spread of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East. More specifically, the author 1) provides an overview of the structure, organization and objecti...chevron_right

This report examines the state of economic transformation, democratization and modernization in Southeastern Europe, and Russia's continued attempts to influence the region. More specifically, the rep...chevron_right

This paper examines the opportunities and challenges regulatory cooperation and particularly the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) pose for consumer protection. To do this, t...chevron_right

What are the theoretical and methodological foundations of CIGI’s Ideological Conflict Project? Today, Thomas Homer-Dixon and Steven Mock explain how they combined complexity theory, cognitive science and ideology research in order to grasp the role ideology truly plays in conflicts.chevron_right

This paper examines some of the key areas of contention in Internet governance and draws on international relations theory to make the argument that the emergence of particular areas of contention dem...chevron_right

This paper discusses how to accurately measure trends in cyberspace security, arguing that the methods used in media accounts and many of the reports put out by IT security firms lead to misleading de...chevron_right