Publications

This paper examines the levels to which political parties in Africa seek to move away from traditional ethnic and regional support bases to a wider national support base. In particular, the author loo...chevron_right

Ahead of the 2015 UN Paris Climate Conference, this paper discusses some of the problems facing the signing of an effective global climate change agreement at the Conference. It points out, for exampl...chevron_right

This report summarizes the main topics discussed at the Arab League Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in 2015. It also provides recommendations for Yemen, Palestine, Libya, Iraq and Syria on how to mit...chevron_right

This report highlights the political, economic, security and social developments in Cyprus, Egypt and Israel-Palestine in April 2015.chevron_right

This report provides statistics on terrorist attacks and counter-terrorist efforts in Egypt for April 2015. More specifically, it provides statistics on the number of terrorist attacks in the country ...chevron_right

Dieser Beitrag analysiert und bewertet Deutschlands Beziehungen zur Volksrepublik China. Der Autor zeigt, dass sich das Verhältnis der beiden Staaten in den letzten zwanzig Jahren vor allem zwischen W...chevron_right

In light of the announcement of the Iran nuclear framework agreement reached in Lausanne in April 2015, this brief discusses Iran's policy to become a dominant regional power and what factors have aff...chevron_right

This publication focuses on recent Boko Haram activities in Nigeria. The author warns that although a joint military offensive by Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon has put Boko Haram on the defensive,...chevron_right

This publication comments on the Framework Agreement on the Iranian nuclear program reached by Teheran and six world powers in April 2015. The author points out that the agreement does not yet constit...chevron_right

This paper considers how the growing prominence of autonomous weapons technologies will impact the future of armed conflict. The author argues that autonomous systems make the battlefield more complex...chevron_right

This issue includes articles on 1) how Iran's economic growth could increase the country's geopolitical power despite international sanctions; 2) the ongoing negotiations between the P5+1 countries an...chevron_right

This paper examines China's maritime strategy and argues that the country is developing the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) capabilities in order to expand its operational reach to the northwest ...chevron_right

This paper discusses how US unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) could offer an effective intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solution to some of the problems caused by Russia's support o...chevron_right

This paper puts forward new ways for embracing and extending the idea of the Global Knowledge Networking (GKN) initiative, which sets out a way of organizing a network of people, ideas, and processes ...chevron_right

This publication explains how widespread corruption in Myanmar continues to retard the country's development, despite President U Thein Sein's efforts to make fighting this scourge a top priority. The...chevron_right