Publications

While Africa’s proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) makes economic sense, the potential for friction between its largest economies shouldn’t be underestimated, write Sören Scholvin and Jöran Wana. That’s because South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia and Kenya would export similar products to other TFTA members.chevron_right

This paper discusses economic integration in the EU in the area of digital information systems, such as the Internet, including the challenges that such integration may pose and the EU's policy on thi...chevron_right

This commentary argues that the post-Ukraine deterioration in relations between Russia and the West is having a negative effect on cooperation and security in the Baltic and Arctic regions. The sour r...chevron_right

This paper explores the problems now facing the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), particularly when it comes to protecting civilians that have been displaced by the country's civil war a...chevron_right

According to Sofía Sebastián, there are six reasons why police forces involved in UN peace operations are not as effective as they could be. These doctrinal deficiencies include confusion over the responsibilities of different police components and unclear coordination guidelines for police and military personnel.chevron_right

This brief focuses on the number of fatalities experienced by UN peacekeepers between 1990 and 2015. It concludes that although UN peace operations may have gotten more dangerous during this period, t...chevron_right

This brief contends that Pakistan's National Action Plan (NAP) cannot be truly effective in dealing with the country's terrorism problem without offering a deradicalization program for reintegrating w...chevron_right

Based on the results of recorded interviews with approximately three hundred Americans and Afghans with direct knowledge of Afghanistan's Pech Valley, this paper provides an overview of US military in...chevron_right

Based primarily on interviews and focus group discussions with more than two hundred academics, politicians, entrepreneurs, journalists, teachers, students, and civil society activists between January...chevron_right

This report presents the results from a three-province study on violent extremism in Afghanistan, including the factors that induce young people to join violent or non-violent groups. Some of the find...chevron_right

Donors and Afghan officials are looking to extend the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework (TMAF), which ties development aid to government reforms in Afghanistan. Today, Trent Ruder looks at 1) the dynamics that have shaped the TMAF; 2) the factors that have limited its progress; and 3) how it can be improved.chevron_right

This commentary discusses the flurry of diplomatic activity between Iran, Saudi Arabia, the US, Russia and the EU, in what seems to be a concerted effort to break the logjam over finding a solution to...chevron_right

This commentary examines what Southeast Asian countries can learn from extremist websites and social media accounts about Southeast Asian foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq. More specifically, the aut...chevron_right

This Insight discusses the growing legitimization of anti-terrorism military courts in Pakistan. Because civilian courts have proven themselves to be too weak and powerless to convict terrorists, as i...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the economic reforms that the EU carried out in the eurozone following the economic crisis that struck Greece and other southern European countries in the aftermath of the 20...chevron_right