Publications

This paper discusses the establishment and the initial experiences with the UN Arms Register. It explains how the register is a useful transparency measure, but needs further development and expansion...chevron_right

This report illustrates and discusses the continued arming of Turkey and Greece by NATO countries, particularly the US, Germany and the Netherlands between 1992 and 1994.chevron_right

This report gauges Russia's power by reviewing its capabilities, intentions and other factors in nine key areas. The latter include 1) the Russian military's conventional and nuclear capabilities; 2) the country's economic strengths and weaknesses, particularly in...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the ‘Coptic question’ in contemporary debate, underlining the political relations between the Christian community and the political institutions of Egypt, its varied composition, t...chevron_right

This article examines the cult of Hafiz al‐Assad – the Syrian regime's instrument of cultural domination – and its transformation during the reign of Bashar al‐Assad. Furthermore, the author analyzes ...chevron_right

This paper researches the causes of the emergence of collective action based on popular developments of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’. The author compares Yemen and Algeria’s experiences as cases of col...chevron_right

This paper analyzes how cultural production is used as an interactive forum for political debates in North Africa. The author argues that art has played an important role as a space for free expressio...chevron_right

This paper discusses the problems of fighting slavery in Mauretania, also taking into account the context of the Arab Spring. The author argues that this fight experienced major relapses during the la...chevron_right

This paper examines Libyan money and the images on the physical currency. The author examines what images were put on Libyan money and what happened after the revolution in Libya. Money is an everyday...chevron_right

This paper examines regional security interactions in the Middle East area. The author focuses on the principal implications of the Arab Uprisings for the Iranian security relations. First, the basic ...chevron_right

This paper examines the causes that have led to the Syrian uprising that started in 2011. The author discusses the evolution of the situation, with a previous analysis of the long-term causes that hav...chevron_right

This paper examines the relationship between the form of the Arab language used in online writing and the messages being conveyed. The suggestion is that away from the censorship of state media and th...chevron_right

This paper examines British democratization policy. The author discusses the link between the two spheres of domestic and foreign policy in Britain, and their implications for the country's role in sp...chevron_right

This paper uses an analysis of the US labor market from 1998 to 2001 to argue that the country should have full employment as an economic policy goal. The authors say that slack labor markets lead to ...chevron_right

This paper explains the concept and practice of ‘community security’, a bottom-up approach that empowers communities, authorities and security providers to work together to find local solutions to the...chevron_right