Publications

This brief discusses how the targets of state and international organization sanctions and the strategic considerations about such targets by those who apply the sanctions can change. More specificall...chevron_right

This paper analyzes US foreign policy strategy towards the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, and contends the P5+1 nuclear agreement with Iran demonstrates that the US is on the verge of giving up its...chevron_right

This commentary is critical of the conditions which US President Barack Obama and his negotiating team agreed to as part of the July 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the P5+1 co...chevron_right

This paper discusses the threat posed to the Middle East by radiological weapons, or munitions designed to spread radioactive material with the intent to kill and cause disruption. The author discusse...chevron_right

This paper provides an overview of the foreign policies of the sixteen individuals formally running to become the Republican Party candidate for the 2016 US presidential election as of July 2015. More...chevron_right

This paper discusses why even through Georgia's Pankisi Gorge appears not to have a significant level of radicalization going on at the local level, the region is producing large numbers of Islamic fi...chevron_right

This policy brief discusses some of the various push and pull factors that have led to the rise of violent extremism in the Sahel-Sahara region, focusing on ethnic and religious radicalization and its...chevron_right

This report contends that reaching an inclusive, long-term peace agreement in violence-torn Yemen won't be possible unless international and local policy-makers develop a greater understanding of the ...chevron_right

This paper examines the development of regional cooperation institutions in Asia, with a particular emphasis on Southeast Asia. While doing so, the paper looks at 1) this history of cooperation in the...chevron_right

This paper looks at the influence of state power on civil society organizations in Vietnam. In general, the authors contend that under the constraints of the Vietnamese state, many such organizations ...chevron_right

This paper examines the links between security, stability and the impact of climate change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as how the challenges created by these connections can be...chevron_right

Arguing that global debate on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) cannot make progress without engagement of the emerging powers, this paper looks at the domestic debate on this issue in three such po...chevron_right

This paper discusses the tensions and conflict in the Middle East and argues for the creation of a negotiation process to ease these. More specifically, the authors 1) discuss the conflicts in Syria, ...chevron_right

This publication comments on the final nuclear deal between the P5+1 nations and Iran reached on July 14, 2015. The author warns that Iran is not likely to adhere to the agreement despite the economic...chevron_right

Diese Publikation beschreibt und kommentiert die bestehenden Machtrivalitäten in Russland. Zwar sei der russische Präsident Waldimir Putin von diesen Rivalitäten ausgenommen, da er keine ernstzunehmen...chevron_right