Publications

This report assesses conditions in Afghanistan and evaluates the progress made on state and institution building by June 2005. The author reviews Afghanistan's history, the role of warlordism, Afghani...chevron_right

This US Senate report conducts an investigation into alleged corruption and official misconduct in association with the United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq. The report states that Saddam Husse...chevron_right

This is the classified report of the Italian investigation into the shooting of intelligence agent Nicola Calipari at a US roadblock in Baghdad on 4 March 2005. The report examines the events that led...chevron_right

This Policy Brief looks at the role of the European Union in the Transdniester conflict and its policy towards Transdniester and Moldova.chevron_right

The publication discusses the significance of a grand strategy for Australia in accordance with its national ambitions and aspirations. The author suggests that the US national security strategy serve...chevron_right

This report outlines the social, political and legal environment for NGOs in China. The author discusses different types of NGOs active in China with respect to their legal status and degree of autono...chevron_right

This paper assesses the state of the security sector in Armenia in 2005. Following a brief examination of the concept of security sector reform (SSR) in theory and practice, the report examines some o...chevron_right

This document serves as a discussion guide on principles for state and congressional redistricting process in the US. Each general principle includes background, analysis and discussion questions. The...chevron_right

The brief details the outcomes from negotiations held every five years to assess the Non-Proliferation Treaty’s implementation among States Parties. It argues for balanced progress in three areas: str...chevron_right

The Military Strategy of the Republic of Albania estimates the internal and external security environment, progress in transformation and restructuring of the armed forces, and evolution of the long t...chevron_right

This UN convention aims to ensure that criminal acts involving nuclear material which are intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particul...chevron_right

This officially issued document features comprehensive information on the proposed defense expenditures and military spending of the US government for the fiscal year of 2006. The document features nu...chevron_right

This bulletin examines the issue of civilian ownership of firearms and touches on the conflict between an individual's right to carry a gun for self-defense and a community's right to restrict gun own...chevron_right

The ongoing conflict in and around Chechnya is helping to feed the wider international jihadi movement, and is endangering the West as well as Russia. Mutual recriminations over the conflict have badl...chevron_right

This report considers the US' military ingress into the Transcaspian region. The author argues that the US presence could be beneficial in bringing about stability and democratization in the region. T...chevron_right