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Dec 2017

Dec 2017

Global Militarization Index 2017

Max M Mutschler
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

The Global Militarization Index (GMI) highlights the relative weight and importance of a country’s military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. Of the 151 countries analyzed in 2017, the most militarized ones are, in order, Israel, Singapore, Armenia...

Dec 2017

Canadian Military Journal Issue 18, No. 1

Adam P MacDonald, Mitchell Binding, James Pierotti, Greg Smith, Mathias Joost, Virginia Tattersall, Darryl G Cathcart, Martin Shadwick, Bill Bentley, Steven Bright, Michael Peterson
Canadian Military Journal (CMJ)

The articles in this issue of the Canadian Military Journal focuses on 1) the implications for Canadian sovereignty and security of China’s increasing capabilities and activities in the Arctic; 2) war as a social construct; 3) the gaps in Canada’s search and rescue policy; 4) British strategic...

Dec 2017

Digital Middle East

Mohamed Zayani, Ilhem Allagui, Vít Šisler, Mark Allen Peterson, Annabelle Sreberny, Suzi Mirgani, Norhayati Zakaria, Jon W. Anderson, Muzammil M. Hussain, Gholam Khiabany, Damian Radcliffe, Ingmar Weber
Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)

This report focuses on the impact of the growing adoption of information and communication technologies in the Middle East. Particular topics covered include 1) online communication practices among Arab youth; 2) the role played by media in the Egyptian uprisings of 2011...

Dec 2017

NATO´s Framework Nation Concept

Rainer L Glatz, Martin Zapfe, (Christian Nünlist)
Center for Security Studies (CSS)

This paper contends that NATO’s Framework Nations Concept (FNC) currently serves as a practical guideline for defense cooperation within the Alliance. But what does the FNC, with its emphasis on national sovereignty, actually mean for defense cooperation?

Dec 2017

Strategic Stability between Great Powers: the Sino-American Cyber Agreement

Marie Baezner; Patrice Robin
Center for Security Studies (CSS)

The strategic relationship between China and the USA over issues of cybersecurity evolved a lot since the discovery of the first Chinese cyberespionage campaign in 2006. The tensions constantly increased between the two powers with the regular discovery of other Chinese cyberespionage campaigns on firms and defense contractors. The heightening stopped when Edward Snowden revealed the US internet mass surveillance program in 2013, giving the opportunity to the two states to find a bilateral agreement. The goal of this report is to understand the dynamics of the strategic relationship between the USA and China over issues of cybersecurity. The report examines the actors, tools and targets of the various cyberespionage campaigns. It analyzes the domestic effects of these cyberespionage campaigns over society and politics, their economic effects and technological effects. It looks into the international strategic context of the relationship between the two powers, the effects, the disagreements over the international governance of internet, and the bilateral agreement of 2015 over cybersecurity. Finally, the report suggests some recommendations for states to implement to reduce the risks to be impacted by the tensions between China and the USA.

Dec 2017

Cyber and Information Warfare in elections in Europe

Marie Baezner; Patrice Robin
Center for Security Studies (CSS)

In 2017, many European states went through democratic elections. After the interference of Russia in the US presidential election, these European states were worried to see similar actions take place during their election processes. The objective of the report is to better understand the use of cyber-activities in elections and the way states prepare themselves to counter such activities. The report analyzes the reasons of the absence of similar meddling in Europe as in the US presidential election, the technological measures taken by states to mitigate possible foreign interference and the international cooperation among states against foreign influence. As conclusion, the report suggests recommendations to mitigate the risks of foreign influence in democratic elections.

Dec 2017

The Defense Policies of Italy and Poland: A Comparison

Daniel Keohane, (Editor: Matthias Bieri)
Center for Security Studies (CSS)

Much of the current discussion about European defense, no matter the format, revolves around the ‘big three’: France, Germany and the UK. However, this paper argues that Italy and Poland deserve more attention as they are both frontline states for EU and NATO security.

Dec 2017

CTC Sentinel 10 (11)

Hassan Hassan, Bryan Price, Goktug Sonmez, Johannes Saal, Ryan Cummings (Editor: Paul Cruickshank)
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

This four articles in this edition of the CTC focuses on 1) the so-called Islamic State’s (IS) strategic pivot away from holding on to territory and towards the pursuit of an all-out insurgency; 2) what the 2017 terrorist attacks carried out in Istanbul...

Dec 2017

Sur - International Journal on Human Rights Vol 14 No 26

Bondita Acharya, Helen Kezie-Nhowa, Sondos Shabayek, Shalini Eddens, Susan Jessop, Sara Alsherif, Jonas Bagas, Ana Cernov, Denise Dora, Ravindran Daniel, Barbara Klugman, Shannon N Green, Olga Guzmán Vergara, Adrian Jjuuko, Linette Du Toit, Stefánia Kapronczay, Valerie Msoka, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, Carlos Patiño Pereda, Zoya Rehman, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Mandeep Tiwana, Ana María Hernández Cárdenas, Nallely Guadalupe Tello Méndez, Miguel De La Vega, Hagal El-Ad, Raull Santiago, G Ananthapadmanabhan, Shambhavi Madhan
Conectas Human Rights

This issue of the SUR Journal features essays on crackdowns on civil society around the world as well as the strategies activists are implementing to combat against such efforts. More specifically, the topics addressed in the issue include 1) the role of the private sector in relation...

Dec 2017

US-ASEAN-ROK Cooperation on Nontraditional Security

Jaehyon Lee
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

This article argues that for the US, South Korea, and ASEAN, managing nontraditional security threats such as natural disasters should be as important as coping with traditional security threats. The author contends that to enable this to become a reality...

Dec 2017

Forged in Crisis: The EU´s Common Security and Defence Policy after Brexit

Christine Nissen
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

This report focuses on the developments and trends in EU defense and security policy following the Brexit referendum in June 2016. The authors consider the role played by the UK in EU security and defense cooperation, as well as the plethora of new security...

Dec 2017

Urban Insecurity, Migrants, and Political Authority

Helene Maria Kyed, Finn Stepputat, Peter Albrecht, Lars Erslev Andersen, Maya Mynster Christensen
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

This report examines the impact of mass migration on Yangon, Hargeisa, Beirut and Nairobi to assess how migration could increase the potential for conflict in global South urban areas. The authors’ findings suggest that migrants in and of themselves do not...

Dec 2017

Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe 3/2017

Ksenia Maksimovtsova, Konstantin Zamyatin, Alan B Anderson (Editor: Tamara Hoch)
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)

This JEMIE issue features three articles that focus on 1) the role that languages play in defining national identity by reviewing public debates on educational reform in Ukraine; 2) the political representation of major ethnic groups in the republics of Russia...

Dec 2017

Defence Industries in Russia and China: Players and Strategies

Kenneth Boutin, Cyrille Bret, Andrey Frolov, Gustav C. Gressel, Michael Raska, Zoe Stanley-Lockman, (Editors: Richard A Bitzinger, Nicu Popescu)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

This Report turns the spotlight on two major players in the global defense industry: Russia and China. The authors examine how both countries, however different in their trajectory and ambition, have recently narrowed the industrial and technological gap...

Dec 2017

Nuclear Weapons and Russian-North Korean Relations

Artyom Lukin, Ilya Dyachkov, Andrey Gubin, Leonid Kozlov, Andrei Lankov, Georgy Toloraya, Tamara Troyakova, Igor Tolstokulakov, Liudmila Zakharova
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This report examines Russia’s perspective on North Korea’s program to see if such an approach can provide insight into how to resolve the Korean nuclear crisis. More specifically, the authors focuses on 1) the history of Soviet/Russian-North Korean relation...

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