Publications

This report summarizes the key points of discussion that emerged during a conference on the prospects of public-private partnership (PPP) in Sub-Saharan Africa. More specifically, it looks at potentia...chevron_right

This paper includes case studies on the use of helicopters by armed forces, law enforcement agencies and emergency services in Italy, France and the United Kingdom. The authors also examine how the de...chevron_right

This paper contends that the political balance that Lebanon has cultivated in order to allow its various polarized actors to work together, has led to paralysis when it comes to dealing with the secur...chevron_right

This article looks at the development of US foreign policy doctrine through various presidencies to the present day and asks whether the US’ military and legal reactions to the 9/11 attacks fundamenta...chevron_right

This article speculates on what might happen to Chinese-Taiwanese relations if the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen wins Taiwan's presidential election in January 2016. More specifica...chevron_right

This paper looks at the introduction of the International Yoga Day (IYD) on June 21, 2015, which has been criticized as an attempt by Indian Prime Minister Modi to promote Hindu nationalism. The autho...chevron_right

The latest edition of the Caucasus Analytical Digest looks at the region’s informal economies – i.e., those that are not regulated and protected by the state. More specifically, it examines the size and scale of this sector in Armenia and Azerbaijan, and then explores the overlap between formal and informal economic activity in Georgia.chevron_right

This paper discuses the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed upon between the P5+1 countries and Iran over the latter's nuclear program as well as the challenges facing its implementation...chevron_right

This commentary addresses the implications for EU-Iran relations of the July 2015 P5+1-Iran agreement on Terhan's nuclear program. The authors first examine 1) some of the key obligations that the agr...chevron_right

This article looks at the causes behind the imperial decline of the West, a phenomenon the author believes seems now to have genuinely begun. Familiar reasons have been cited for the decline -- erodin...chevron_right

In light of the success of the anti-immigration and euroskeptic Danish People’s Party (DPP) in Denmark's 2015 general election, this paper examines the party's policies on the EU and what they may mea...chevron_right

This report provides an overview of the findings of a consultation process that began in 2012 which examined how to improve the way states and international organizations attempt to tackle sovereign d...chevron_right

This article looks at the the development and consequences of the US' recent strategic ambiguity vis-a-vis Russia, China and Iran. The author argues that Washington just doesn’t get that this ambiguit...chevron_right

This bulletin examines the reasons for the thaw in US-Cuba relations and what this development could mean for the EU. More specifically, the authors discuss 1) the events that led to the re-establishm...chevron_right

This paper looks at how how protests in Turkey over perceived discrimination against Muslim Uighu in China is having a negative effect on relations between Ankara and Beijing. The author also examines...chevron_right