Publications

This Alert explores the nascent domestic and foreign policy preferences of Tsai Ing-wen, who won Taiwan’s presidential election in January 2016. At this point in time, there’s significant uncertainty ...chevron_right

This brief focuses on the importance India ascribes to controlling the Indian Ocean and how the EU can help foster functional maritime security cooperation in the region. In particular, the author ela...chevron_right

This brief contends that when it comes to international relations, Russia has a conflicting world view and different timeline than the West. More specifically, the author explains 1) why Russia sees i...chevron_right

This brief wonders whether Saudi Arabia's 40-member Islamic Alliance against terrorism is legitimate or just some “pie-in-the-sky” political gesture. The brief’s author also reviews 1) past attempts t...chevron_right

This report summarizes the primary mission of the Group of Personalities (GoP), which is to recommend a long-term vision for CSDP-related research that will ideally boost European defense cooperation....chevron_right

This Alert takes a look at the Kremlin’s hatchet man in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The text's author discusses Kadyrov's suspicious involvement in Boris Nemtsov's assassination and assesses what his re...chevron_right

This alert discusses how despite high hopes for an economic rebound following the election of President Sisi in July 2014, pervasive insecurity and adverse economic conditions have raised the risk of ...chevron_right

This Alert confirms that in 2015 Russia, Saudi Arabia and China invested heavily in their militaries, while European nations largely reversed their long-standing practice of cutting defense spending. ...chevron_right

Are major international organizations such as the UN, EU, OSCE, Council of Europe, CIS, INTERPOL, EITI, etc., meeting their human rights oversight and enforcement responsibilities, particularly when dealing with countries from the former Soviet Union? Not really, say Anna Chernova and her colleagues, and here’s why.chevron_right

What are the seeming contradictions of conflicts that operate below the threshold of conventional warfare? As Hal Brands writes at fpri.org, there are at least eight of them, including that “gray zone...chevron_right

This brief ponders why France's President Hollande has remained silent on a possible Brexit from the EU and the negotiations that are presently underway between London and Brussels. The brief’s author...chevron_right

This paper looks back at the period between 1979 and the early 1990s in order to understand how the US went from being a tottering global power to becoming the world's only superpower. More specifically, the text ‘s author explores...chevron_right

This publication argues that because of the increased presence of Asian Jihadists in Syria, it might be dangerous to ignore the security interests of Asian states in this conflict. Indeed, Turkey's an...chevron_right

This paper discusses how at the beginning of 2016 Jihadist groups in Libya stand poised to 1) accept the theological priorities and themes set forth by the so-called Islamic State, and 2) create an in...chevron_right

This paper argues that the maritime conflicts in East and Southeast Asia threaten 1) the regions' security structures, 2) Europe and its economies, and 3) the current international order. Unfortunatel...chevron_right