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Dec 2016

Dec 2016

PRISM Vol 6, No 3

Raymond Thomas III, Charles T Cleveland, James B Linder, Ronald Dempsey, James Q Roberts, Austin Long, Chris Varhola, Jonathon Cosgrove, Jason Wesbrock, Glenn Harned, Preston Plous, Christopher Thielenhaus, Pat Traeger, Eric Roles, David C Ellis, Charles N Black, Mary Ann Nobles, Linda Robinson, James Dobbins, Christopher J Lamb, Lawrence Garber, Michael Miklaucic (Editors: Michael Miklaucic, Jacqueline Page, Peter McCabe, Robert Nalepa)
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

This PRISM issue features articles that focus on the role of special operations forces (SOF) in what remains a chaotic world. The text’s contributors specifically look at 1) the virtues of special operations doctrine; 2) the authority to act in gray zone operations; 3) the limits of...

Dec 2016

Turkey´s Kurdish Conflict: 2015-Present

ISDP
Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP)

This backgrounder reviews the Turkish-Kurdish conflict over the last two years, which has deteriorated into a prolonged military confrontation between the Turkish state and Kurdish nationalist groups. While exploring this...

Dec 2016

Preventing Violent Extremism: South Africa´s Place in the World

Cheryl Frank, Denys Reva
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

This brief concludes the following about South Africa’s relationship with preventing violent extremism (PVE) – 1) Pretoria is in the enviable position of being able to implement PVE measures before it becomes a domestic problem; 2) the government should work to...

Dec 2016

Is South Africa a Norm Entrepreneur in Africa?

Liesl Louw-Vaudran
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

This policy brief looks at South Africa’s waning commitment to promoting democracy and human rights across the African Continent. Early in the post-apartheid era, Pretoria did indeed set the norms for principled international engagement and...

Dec 2016

Applying the HIPPO Recommendations to Libya: Toward Strategic, Prioritized, and Sequenced Mandates

International Peace Institute (IPI)

This paper reviews the results of an October 2016 workshop which focused on the challenges faced by the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). The challenges include 1) the extent of social and political fragmentation in Libya; 2) the UN-led political...

Dec 2016

IPI Salzburg Forum 2016: Open Societies under Attack

Maximilian Meduna
International Peace Institute (IPI)

This text reviews the results of a September 2016 IPI meeting that focused on how open societies should cope with borderless threats. The specific issues covered included 1) the governance of security, privacy and civic freedoms; 2) the different...

Dec 2016

Has UN Peacekeeping Become More Deadly? Analyzing Trends in UN Fatalities

Marina E Henke
International Peace Institute (IPI)

This paper contends that overall UN peacekeeping mission fatalities have not risen substantially. Indeed, it appears that total fatality ratios are actually declining, although they don’t apply to all types of...

Dec 2016

Revista de Estudios en Seguridad Internacional (RESI) (Journal on International Security Studies) Volume 2, Number 2

José Luis Calvo Albero, José Ignacio Castro, José Luis Masegosa, Julio E. Soto Silva, Carlos Navajas, César Restrepo, Javier Ruiz Arévalo, Emilio Hermoso
International Security Studies Group (GESI) at the University of Granada

This RESI issue (in Spanish) focuses on 1) the clashing interests and strategies of external actors in Syria’s civil war; 2) the resurgence of post-sanctions Iran as a regional power; 3) a neoclassical realist perspective of the 2015 Iran-P5+1 nuclear deal; 4) a ccomparative analysis of…

Dec 2016

EU-India Cooperation on Space and Security

Isabelle Sourbès-Verger
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

This text argues that space cooperation represents an optimal opportunity to further the EU-India Security Dialogue, specifically because the domain’s links to global security issues such as climate change, natural disasters, the environment, water management, migrant flows, piracy and terrorism. Given these…

Dec 2016

EU-India: Starting a More Adventurous Conversation

Shada Islam
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

This paper argues that twelve years after they launched their strategic partnership, the EU and India appear poised to shift their relationship towards a more “adventurous” and mutually beneficial direction, particularly in three areas...

Dec 2016

What´s Next for NATO´s Capabilities? Collective Defence and Neighbourhood Stabilization: The Italian Perspective

Francesca Bitondo, Miriam Peluffo
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

This paper summarizes the results of a late 2016 conference that focused on the future of NATO and how it should develop its capabilities. The issues explored include 1) the possible impact on the Alliance by Brexit and...

Dec 2016

EU-India Cooperation on Cyber Issues: Towards Pragmatic Idealism?

Patryk Pawlak
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

This paper argues that cooperation between the EU and India on cyber issues, etc. is being sabotaged by 1) mutual suspicions over each other’s intentions, and 2) the discrepancies that exist between actual policies and...

Dec 2016

Material Factors for the MENA Region: Data Sources, Trends and Drivers

Martin Keulertz, Mark Mulligan, Eckart Woertz, Emanuela Menichetti, Sven Biscop
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

This background paper peruses particular datasets in order to understand the demographic, environmental, energy, economic and military transformations that have occurred in the MENA region. More specifically, the paper 1) introduces the applicable literature that…

Dec 2016

Maritime Security and Freedom of Navigation from the South China Sea and Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: Potential and Limits of EU-India Cooperation

Nicola Casarini
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

This paper examines how the EU and India can work together to ensure the free movement of maritime trade between each other’s regions. The text also examines 1) the potential impact of China’s Maritime Silk Road project on the economic and security interests of...

Dec 2016

EU-India Defence Cooperation: A European Perspective

Stefania Benaglia, Alessandro Ungaro
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

This text looks at how industrial cooperation in the defense sector might enhance EU-India security cooperation. More specifically, the paper looks at 1) the nature of the European defense market as a whole; 2) possible areas of cooperation between...

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