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Oct 2016

Oct 2016

How Egypt´s Youth Could Decide the Country´s Future

Eva Nolle
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

This text takes stock of Egypt’s tense political environment and speculates on the role educated youth could play shaping the country’s future socio-political landscape. The danger, of course, is that the state’s attempts to silence...

Oct 2016

Engaging China as a Security Actor in a Multi-Partner World

Christina Lin
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

This paper discusses how terrorism and instability in the Middle East are increasingly impinging on China’s overseas interests, particularly in the maritime, energy and human security realms. Given these pressures, China’s rise...

Oct 2016

Risky Business: Is US Supporting Anti-Chinese Militants in Syria?

Christina Lin
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

War hawks in the US, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are funding and arming anti-Chinese militants in Syria. The militants, in turn, are planning attacks on Chinese embassies and interests abroad. When you couple this problem with the US’ gunboat diplomacy in the South China Sea, Christina Lin worries that Washington’s “deterring the dragon” policy in Asia could unwittingly turn into a “provoking the dragon” scenario.

Oct 2016

White Helmets – US Hybrid Warfare for Regime Change Operations?

Christina Lin
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

This paper examines the US‘s fielding of its Syrian civil defense organization (otherwise known as the White Helmets) and argues that it represents an attempt to “weaponize” human rights efforts in order to legitimize Washington’s regime change operations abroad...

Oct 2016

Rückbau der Europäische Union oder Vertiefung ihrer Integration?

Eberhard Schneider
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)

Diese Publikation erwägt die Zukunft der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft angesichts des erfolgreichen Brexit Referendums und der zunehmenden Resonanz von EU-kritischen Parteien in verschiedenen M...

Oct 2016

Strategic Assessment Vol 19, No 3

Zvi Magen, Sarah Fainberg, Vera Michlin-Shapir, Haggay Etkes, Michal Weissbrod, Mohammed Abo Nasra, Yonatan Shaham, Meir Elran, Yiftah S Shapir, Kashish Parpiani, Wang Jin
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

This SA issue includes articles on 1) the international pressure which Russia has faced since its 2014 intervention in Ukraine; 2) the economic ramifications of the Palestinian boycott of Israeli goods; 3) the attitudes of Israel’s Arab population toward...

Oct 2016

India’s Naxalite Insurgency: History, Trajectory, and Implications for US-India Security Cooperation on Domestic Counterinsurgency

Thomas F Lynch III
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

How has India dealt with its Naxalite insurgency? In this text, Thomas Lynch explains 1) why the rebellion became India’s most significant internal security challenge from 2007 to 2010; 2) how New Delhi effectively managed to contain the insurgency by 2014; 3) what kinds of bilateral security assistance the US offered India during these years; and 4) why New Delhi remains unenthusiastic about partnering with outside actors in its counterinsurgency fights.

Oct 2016

Beyond Convergence: World without Order

Hilary Matfess, Michael Miklaucic, Phil WIlliams, Nils Gilman, Scott Atran, Francis Fukuyama, Hilary Matfess, Jay Chittooran, Scott Helfstein, Christopher Dishman, Matthew Levitt, Douglas Farah, Jessica Stern, Tuesday Reitano, Andrew Trabulsi, Mark Shaw, Kalr Lallerstedt, Raj Samani, Clare Lockhart, Michael Maklaucic, Celina Realuyo, Sebastian Gorka, Christopher Fussell, D W Lee (Editors: Hilary Matfess, Michael Miklaucic)
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

The seventeen articles in this text look at the faltering Westphalian system – a system where state fragility or failure is endemic, with no less than one-third of UN members earning a “high warning” or worse rating in the Fragile States Index, and an equal number suffering a decline in sustainability over the past decade.

Oct 2016

The Future of Democracy in Africa

Jakkie Cilliers
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

In this paper, Jakkie Cilliers explores the developmental impact of greater political pluralism and competitive democratic systems in Africa and wonders whether authoritarian development models would be more suitable for poor African countries. He concludes that as countries climb the income ladder and become more socially and economically complex, democracy does indeed contribute to good governance, steady development and economic growth.

Oct 2016

Envisioning a Healthy Future: Africa´s Shifting Burden of Disease

Kanishka Narayan, Zachary Donnenfeld
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

This analysis 1) explores UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3.3 and 3.4, which lay out targets to eradicate selected communicable diseases and reduce premature deaths from non-communicable maladies, and 2) contemplates what achieving the SDG goals could mean...

Oct 2016

Managing the ´Boat People´Crisis: The Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees

Alexander Casella
International Peace Institute (IPI)

This paper examines the Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees (CPA), which defined the international response to Vietnamese refugees between 1989 and 1996. More specifically, it examines 1) the history of that exodus and the initial international...

Oct 2016

Waging Peace: UN Peace Operations Confronting Terrorism and Violent Extremism

Arthur Boutellis, Naureen Chowdhury Fink
International Peace Institute (IPI)

In this paper, Arthur Boutellis and Naureen Chowdhury Fink contemplate whether, where, when and how counterterrorism and counter-extremism activities might be integrated into UN peace operations. The additional topics our authors cover include 1) UN mission mandates; 2) the management of relationships with host countries; 3) mission resources and capability limits, and much more.

Oct 2016

Women, Peace and Security

International Peace Institute (IPI)

This text 1) explores the interrelationship between women, peace and security; 2) contemplates the implementation challenges still faced by UNSCR 1325, which touts the role of women in peacemaking; and 3) provides...

Oct 2016

Economic Connectivity: A Basis for Rebuilding Stability and Confidence in Europe?

Indira Abeldinova, Walter Kemp
International Peace Institute (IPI)

This paper highlights the results of a roundtable discussion that focused on the possibility of further integrating the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union together, at least economically. Those who advocate such connectivity see it as a way to...

Oct 2016

Youth Exclusion and the Transformative Impact of Organized Youth in Turkey

Ali Alper Akyüz, Pınar Gümüş, Volkan Yılmaz, Ferhat Mahir Çakaloz, Nurhan Yentürk
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

This paper focuses on 1) Turkey’s perceptions of youth organizations; 2) how the perceptions impact policy-making and Turkish society; and 3) the overall concepts of “youth” and “youth participation and exclusion.” In exploring these themes, the text also...

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