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Dec 2016

Eritrea: Coming in from the Cold

Bronwyn Bruton

Atlantic Council

This text contends that although Eritrea has long been stigmatized as a regional “spoiler” by Washington and, despite little evidence, remains under Security Council sanctions for supporting terrorist groups in Somalia, now is the time to rethink US-Eritrean relations...

Dec 2016

Turkey´s Nuclear Program: Challenges and Opportunities

Aaron Stein

Atlantic Council

As this brief describes, the Turkish government has decided to increase its peaceful production of nuclear energy. In fact, it has reached tentative agreements with Russia and a Japanese-French consortium to build a nuclear power plant on the Mediterranean coast and one…

Dec 2016

Evaluating Western Sanctions on Russia

Sergey Aleksashenko

Atlantic Council

It’s been two years since the EU and US imposed sanctions against Russia. So, just how effective have these mid-2014 measures been in deterring Moscow’s two-fisted foreign policy? The answer is not very. What’s worse, if the sanctions remain unchanged, let alone...

Dec 2016

AUSTRAL Brazilian Journal of Strategy and International Relations Vol 5, No 10 (2017)

Cui Shoujun, Otávio Costa Miranda, Aline Chianca Dantas, Alexandre Cesar Cunha Leite, David Morales Martinez, Cristian Pires Coelho Martins, Fernanda Pacheco De Campos Brozoski, Raphael Padula, Olajide Olayemi Akanji, Maria Fernanda Affonso Leal, Rafael Santin, David Almstadter de Magalhães, Esteban Arratia Sandoval, Iure Paiva, Edson Aita, Álvaro Vasconcelos Studart, Marcos Aurelio Guedes de Oliveira, Fabio Luis Barbosa Dos Santos, Pedro Henrique de Moraes Cicero, (Editor: Paulo Visentini)

Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy and International Relations

The 12 articles in this edition of AUSTRAL, the Brazilian Journal of Strategy and International Relations, focus on defense issues, particularly in Asia and South America. The topics covered include the consolidation of North Korea as a nuclear power, Sino-Brazilian...

Dec 2016

After Mosul: Australia´s Strategy to Counter the Islamic State

Ashley Collingburn

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

This publication examines the current and future threat posed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) and what should be done about it, particularly with relation to Australia. The text first focuses on four enablers that allow IS to keep operating – i.e., 1) environmental factors; 2) military capabilities...

Dec 2016

France and Security in the Asia–Pacific: From the End of the first Indochina Conflict to Today

Nicolas Regaud

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

This article does indeed survey how France’s presence in the Asia–Pacific region has evolved since the 1950s. What’s important to note is that Paris reinvigorated its strategic engagement with the area in the 1990s and...

Dec 2016

Defence White Papers at 40

Peter Edwards

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of Australia’s first two Defence White Papers (1976 and 1987) and, more briefly, the five papers that have followed. The text specifically describes how the papers have evolved, what they’ve achieved, and...

Dec 2016

Digital Land Power: The Australian Army´s Cyber Future

Zoe Hawkins, Liam Nevill

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

This report shares the results of a roundtable discussion that focused on1) how the Australian Army should clarify its approach to cyberspace; 2) what role the service should play in cyber operations within the Australian Defence Force; 3) how to ensure...

Dec 2016

Detect, Disrupt and Deny: Optimising Australia´s Counterterrorism Financing System

Simon Norton, Paula Chadderton

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

This paper examines the nature of terrorist financing and the Australian/international measures being applied against the phenomenon. While exploring this theme, the text’s authors also 1) analyze how terrorist organizations raise, move and use their funds...

Dec 2016

Journal on Baltic Security Vol 2, Issue 2 (2016)

Dovile Jakniunaite, Viljar Veebel, Illimar Ploom, Toms Rostoks, Nora Vanaga, Eglė Vileikienė, Diana Janušauskienė, (Editors: Asta Maskaliūnaitė, Ashley Robert Roden-Bow)

Baltic Defence College (BDC)

This JOBS issue looks at how perceptions of security have changed in the three Baltic States since Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of violence in Eastern Ukraine. The articles specifically focus on 1) the regional shifts in security policy that...

Dec 2016

Brazilian Political Science Review Vol 10, No 3 (2016)

Fernando Meireles, Bruno Sciberras Carvalho, Ednaldo Aparecido Ribeiro, Julian Borba, Wagner Pralon Mancuso, Dalson Britto Figueiredo Filho, Bruno Wilhelm Speck, Lucas Emanuel Oliveira Silva, Enivaldo Carvalho da Rocha, Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques, Camila Mont'Alverne, Laerte Apolinário Junior, Fabio Pereira de Andrade, Fernanda Lima-Silva, Filipe Mendonça, Davi Demuner, Chanika Mitchell, Celina Souza, Flávio Pinheiro, Jairo Nicolau, Jeni Vaitsman

Brazilian Political Science Review (BPSR)

This issue of BPSR features seven articles and six book reviews. The articles focus on 1) oversized government coalitions in Latin America; 2) sociopolitical integration and multiculturalism; 3) the effects of psychological factors on political activism; 4) corporate dependence in…

Dec 2016

Canadian Military Journal Issue 17, No. 1

Christopher Young, Erick Simoneau, James Pierotti, James McKay, R Daniel Pellerin, Sean M Maloney, Diane Joly, Debalina Ghoshal, Martin Shadwick (Editor: David L. Bashow)

Canadian Military Journal (CMJ)

This issue of the CMJ zeros in on Canada’s military capabilities and key events in its armed forces’ (CAF) history. The featured articles specifically look at 1) the CAF’s recent embrace of a core competencies concept; 2) the opportunities to expand Canada’s role within...

Dec 2016

Future Foundry: A New Strategic Approach to Military-Technical Advantage

Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander, Jacqueline Parziale

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

This report examines what the US Department of Defense (DoD) is trying to do in order to address its military-technical challenges. The report’s authors specifically argue that the US’ eroding military-technical advantages are...

Dec 2016

Surveillance Policy: A Pragmatic Agenda for 2017 and Beyond

Adam Klein, Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

This paper analyzes the US’ need for surveillance reform. While the federal government’s executive branch and Congress have introduced key improvements to US surveillance practices since 2013, the authors maintain that they are...

Dec 2016

Donald Trump´s Foreign Policy: McCarthyism as a Cautionary Tale

Jack Thompson

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

This article argues that the best way to understand where President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy might be heading is to study the career of Joseph McCarthy, who was a US Senator from 1947-1957. Like the “red-baiting” McCarthy, Trump has built a base of...