Publications

This paper contends that disasters focus attention on hazards, creating a window of opportunity to adopt new risk reduction policies. The news media can shape post-disaster policy debate by directing ...chevron_right

The articles of this edition of the CTC Sentinel focus on 1) Egyptian jihadi operative Abu Muhammad al-Masri and why he may be next in line to lead al-Qa`id; 2) how Somaliland combats al-Shabaab; and ...chevron_right

This paper contends that American university campuses have become the new battlefront for the rivalry between China and the US. The text suggests that this is evidenced by the establishment of the Com...chevron_right

This paper argues that China and the EU have entered a new era of close relations, which will include strengthened political-economic relations and cooperation. Further contentions include 1) that Bei...chevron_right

In July 2013, the European Union placed Hezbollah on its list of terrorist organizations. However, the EU made a theoretical division regarding the organization, placing only Hezbollah’s military wing...chevron_right

This publication contends that China has decided that in 2020, it will focus on Europe. Other key insights include 1) that the most essential feature of Beijing’s decision lies in China moving its pol...chevron_right

This publication examines the implications of the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS), on 26 October 2019 by US Special Forces in northern Syria. More specifically, i...chevron_right

Diese Publikation analysiert die öffentliche Meinung russischer Bürger. Schlüsselerkenntnisse beinhalten 1) dass die Einkommensungleichheit in Russland zunahm und höher als in den USA und China ist; 2...chevron_right

Since the end of the Cold War, the UN Security Council has authorized or recognized the deployment of more than forty parallel forces that operate alongside UN peace operations. As UN peace operations...chevron_right

This publication provides an overview of the major conflict trends in Africa from 1989 to 2018. Key findings include 1) in the past five years, there has been an increase in the number of conflicts on...chevron_right

This edition of the Swiss Military Revue features five articles on assorted aspects of military power, three of which are in German and two in English. More specifically, the articles look at 1) the strains and constraints in Turkey-NATO relations; 2) the history and state of conventional arms control in Europe; 3) a method to analyze the development of armed forces; 4) the influence of war historian and theorist General Antoine-Henri Jomini on Switzerland’s military doctrine; and 5) humanitarian action related to unexploded ordnances, mines and other explosive remnants of war.chevron_right

The edition of the RAD addresses indigenous peoples in Russia. First, Arbahan Magomedov analyzes the growing assertiveness of indigenous peoples in the context of the accelerated industrial development of the Arctic. At the center of the study is the political rise of the “Voice of the Tundra” protest community and its leader Eiko Serotetto. Secondly, Vera Kuklina discusses the impact of reindustrialization on remote regions and their local communities through the example of the Evenki community in the Kazachinsko-Lenskii raion of Irkutsk Oblast.chevron_right

This paper reflects on the implications of Tim Larkin’s assertion that “violence is rarely the answer, but when it is, it’s the only answer”, particularly regarding what this highlights about the use ...chevron_right

This publication reflects on Turkey’s October 2019 ground incursion into northern Syria in order to disrupt Kurdish paramilitary forces in the area. More specifically, the text’s author addresses 1) T...chevron_right

This publication reflects on US peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Key insights include 1) that before Donald Trump’s suspension of the talks in September 2019, a draft deal that reportedly ...chevron_right