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This report provides strategic advice and recommendations to policy makers, private industry, and the technical community in order to promote Internet freedom, openness, and security. The repor...chevron_right

This transcript features William Hague, a former UK Secretary of State, who argues that the country’s national interests lie firmly in remaining in the European Union. (Note: The speech was given just prior to the June 2016 referendum where a majority of British voted to leave the EU.)chevron_right

This edition of ACLED's Conflict Trends report focuses on 1) the recent stabilization of Libya’s conflict environment; 2) armed offensives and escalating protests in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo; 3) a geographical shift in clashes between SPLA/M-IO and…chevron_right

This issue of the CTC Sentinel features articles on 1) the counterterrorism lessons learned from the 2012 Olympic Games; 2) Belgian jihadist recruiting networks; 3) the Greek gateway to jihad; 4) how terrorists use encryption technologies; and 5) jihadist-inspired violence in the West since 2012.chevron_right

Taking July 2016 as its starting point, this memo ponders the likelihood that the Afghan Unity Government will collapse in the next 12-18 months, and the territorial gains the Taliban might achieve. To prevent or mitigate these possibilities, the US should...chevron_right

This brief argues that the upcoming NATO Warsaw Summit should focus on developing a “responsible narrative” that touts collective identity over the current approach, which stresses cost-benefit calculations that serve national interests.chevron_right

It’s not too early for external stakeholders to draw lessons from their experiences in Afghanistan, or so argues Louise Riis Andersen. The most prominent and inescapable take-away is that bureaucratic barriers and institutional boundaries preordained a “silo mentality” that crippled the effectiveness of ISAF members. Indeed, if more integrated approaches are to succeed in the future, here’s what must be done.chevron_right

This text features a variety of articles which lay out Denmark’s foreign policy, as it was practiced in 2015. The articles particularly focus on the country’s place in a complex global security environment, including its role in Nordic cooperation and...chevron_right

This paper examines the growing popularity of ‘institutional completeness’ within Canada, which is a concept that champions greater organizational influence by minority groups and the ability to provide services to their members. The seeming virtues of the concept are that...chevron_right

This paper examines the rise and fall of Russian-Turkish relations during the Putin-Erdoğan era. In particular, the text’s author discusses whether 1) the relationship between these two regimes is ultimately doomed to fail; 2) their foreign policy differences over...chevron_right

By 11 December 2016, the EU has to decide whether China should officially “join the club” as a Market Economy, which would enable it to trade freely without special tariffs. To facilitate our understanding of this topic, this paper...chevron_right

This paper argues that China’s security role in Africa has shifted and speculates on the opportunities the readjustment offers Europe. The text first overviews the seven policy adjustments China has made to implement its new role, including...chevron_right

This paper shares the results of an ECFR survey on 1) the makeup of anti-establishment parties in several EU states, and 2) how these parties view foreign policy and the European project. In the last case, the text’s authors...chevron_right

This paper discusses the divisions of opinion that exist over whether the EU should grant Market Economy Status (MES) to China. Two significant problems are that 1) market conditions in the Asian nation “leave much to be desired,” and 2) the Chinese government has yet to...chevron_right

In assessing the current state of EU-Russia relations, this text’s author 1) explores the attempts by Brussels to balance confrontation with engagement, and 2) judges whether its newly adopted process of “selective engagement” is yielding results.chevron_right