Publications

This paper discusses the security landscape in Libya, with a particular focus on the actors involved in providing security in the country. In general, the authors contend that the security sector in L...chevron_right

This brief deals with different legal strategies used by Palestinian authorities to support the Palestinian quest for statehood and delegitimize Israeli politics in the international sphere.chevron_right

Este documento analiza la crisis ucraniana de 2014 con la perspectiva del "año después" y de los acontecimientos en torno al Maidan en Kiev. Según el autor, la política exterior del Kremlin ha problem...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), which is a European Commission plan to boost investment in the EU. The author contends that the plan is an innovative solut...chevron_right

This brief discusses a simulation of a potential Hizbollah attack against Israel’s Northern Front in retaliation of the assassination of senior Hizbollah figure Imad Mughiniyeh. The simulation highlig...chevron_right

This paper discusses the impact of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s 2014 election victory on the way Japan approaches security, politics and World War II history.chevron_right

This paper examines what it would take for China to be perceived as a risen as opposed to a rising power. The author contends that in terms of its economy and military, China is already a world power ...chevron_right

This backgrounder discusses the downstream effects the Chavez regime's economic policies had on Venezuela. More specifically, it examines how the country's move towards a more oil-based economy debase...chevron_right

This commentary examines trends in the threats posed by insurgent, terrorist and extremist groups, and what this means for the global security environment in 2015, with a particular focus on the impli...chevron_right

This paper discusses the emphasis which Hizbollah places on its counterintelligence activities and capabilities since the organization's 2006 armed conflict with Israel. The authors also briefly discu...chevron_right

This commentary discusses how the events of the 2014 Ukraine crisis and subsequent economic sanctions imposed by the West on Russia are leading the Kremlin to seek greater engagement with the Middle E...chevron_right

This commentary examines nationalism in Russia, the divisions that exist among nationalist groups in the country, how these groups perceive Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, and what part these groups ...chevron_right

This paper contends that India's commitment to a Indo-US nuclear agreement which maintains a moratorium on nuclear testing means that the country is observing the spirit of the Comprehensive Nuclear T...chevron_right

Russia’s annexation of Crimea continues to send ripples of apprehension across the South Caucasus region. This edition of the CSS’ Caucasus Analytical Digest looks at how the region’s governments are responding to their anxieties, both domestically and externally.chevron_right

This paper analyzes Fiji’s 2014 general election, which saw Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, who took power in a coup in 2006, elected as the country’s prime minister. In particular, the author examines 1) ...chevron_right