Publications

This brief discusses the implications of the potential growth of support for the Islamic State, and its idea of the creation of an Islamic Caliphate, in the Sahel, East Africa, Afghanistan and elsewhe...chevron_right

This paper examines the role China’s domestic institutions play in furthering the country’s efforts to assert its claims over disputed territory in the South China Sea. More specifically, the author f...chevron_right

This report takes stock of US military activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) since Russia's aggression against Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. More specifically, the report's author examines 1) h...chevron_right

How can national parliaments increase their participation in EU policymaking? Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka suggests even closer ties with the European Parliament. As she sees it, enhanced inter-parliamentary cooperation can act as a ‘power multiplier’ and enhance the dual-level legitimacy of the EU.chevron_right

This report offers a comparison of the EU’s energy relations with Norway and Russia. More specifically, the authors 1) set out the legal, economic and political contexts of the two relationships; 2) e...chevron_right

This paper discusses Turkey’s July 2015 decision to permit the US and its coalition partners to stage airstrikes from Incirlik Air Force Base against the so-called Islamic State (IS). The paper's auth...chevron_right

This paper examines the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the armed unit of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which was formed in 2003 and is the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of...chevron_right

This paper examines the performance of two European regional security and defense cooperation projects: the Nordic defense cooperation (NORDEFCO) and the Visegrad Group (V4). The author contends that ...chevron_right

This issue of the CCTA features articles on the development of conflicts, radicalism and extremism across the Middle East, particularly in the time since the Arab Spring. More specifically, the articl...chevron_right

This paper explores how the obligations states have under the the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) could conflict with those created by the the right of innocent passage codified in the United Nations Conventi...chevron_right

The ‘Two Areas’ conflict between the Government of Sudan and SPLM forces is far from over. Today, Benedetta De Alessi takes stock of 1) the last two years of the conflict, 2) the results of the government’s most recent dry season offensive, and 3) the impact the conflict is having on Sudan’s civilian population.chevron_right

This paper contends that the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), designed to evaluate governance in participating states, has lost momentum with a number of initial reviews having been undertaken bu...chevron_right

This paper examines what options Botswana has to diversify its economy in light of the likely decline in diamonds revenues that the country depends on in the near future. More specifically, the author...chevron_right

Pulling Syria back from the brink of a rejuvenated Alawite police state or a Taliban-style takeover requires fresh thinking. As Kaled Yacoub Oweis sees it, this means working with ‘moderate’ Sunni jihadists that fear the possible ramifications of the recently-brokered nuclear deal with Iran.chevron_right

This paper focuses on the local and regional roles being played by Kurdish political organizations in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Among other issues, the paper's author focuses on 1) Turkey's policy towar...chevron_right