Publications

This paper examines the efficacy of EU member states’ nuclear security arrangements. More specifically, the authors analyze the member states' 1) domestic nuclear legislation and programs; 2) particip...chevron_right

This fact sheet provides information on military spending around the world in 2014. Some of the key trends identified by the authors include that 1) the general pattern of previous years – whereby mil...chevron_right

This monograph assesses the challenges that face reform attempts in the post-revolution Arab countries – Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The author examines underlying factors that have prevented new politi...chevron_right

How do you create effective confidence-building measures (CBMs) and then possibly apply them to cyberspace? This monograph looks at two historical examples that might aid the development of CBMs for t...chevron_right

Despite having watched the United States shift from one counterinsurgency operation to another over the last two decades, Russia will continue to privilege strong conventional land forces over others. According to Aleksandr Rogovoy and Keir Giles, here are the reasons why.chevron_right

This monograph explores how the US Army might transition from purely military operations to peacebuilding ones in more effective ways, and thereby help local actors create viable post-conflict states.chevron_right

Can Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War help the US better understand its current and future security environment? Colin Gray believes so. That’s partly due to the strategic and political similarities between Thucydides’ world and the contemporary international system.chevron_right

Jeffrey Caton believes that the US Army should resist the urge to overinvest in space-based solar power systems. Yes, they’re becoming increasingly feasible, but their greatest utility will probably be to facilitate military operations in forward and remote locations.chevron_right

This monograph examines the past and present of the US Army's space and joint space -based operations as well as how these operations may fit into the congested, contested, and competitive internation...chevron_right

This monograph offers a detailed account of Israel's experience with missile defense. More specifically, it examines the regional events that led to Israel's development of its Arrow missile and Iron ...chevron_right

This book looks at the creation of 13 different US security organizations between 1942 and 2005 in order to explore how new security organizations in the US are formed, organized and funded during the...chevron_right

This publication is the 2014 annual report on Switzerland's enlargement contributions to the thirteen countries that have joined the EU since 2004. The 2014 report highlights the extension of the cont...chevron_right

This report analyzes 1) the connection between normative frameworks and mediation processes, 2) how this relationship has evolved over the past 25 years, and 3) the implicit prioritizing of norms that...chevron_right

This issue of “Perspectives on Terrorism” begins with an analysis of the history, ideology and tactics of radical Islamist groups that subscribe to the al Muhajiroun-style of activism, which is prominent in Western Europe. The subsequent articles explore 1) the behavioral problems and disorders found in...chevron_right

This paper discusses what role Pakistan’s official education system relative to other possible influences, such as the home and the media, plays in contributing towards anti-Americanism, hatred of Ind...chevron_right