Defence, Terrorism & Security


Ukraine's Military Between East and West

SSI

This 42-page US monograph describes the strengths and weaknesses of Ukraine's military

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-06-15

An Introduction to Theater Strategy and Regional Security

SSI

This 59-page US monograph explains what theatre strategy is, and how it is formulated and executed

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-09-22

Latin America's New Security Reality

SSI

A 69-page US monograph examining Hugo Chavez' agenda in Latin America and the implications for Latin American stability

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-08-31

Medvedev's Plan: Giving Russia a Voice but not a Veto in a New European Security System

SSI

This 121-page US study addresses the question of how to give Russia a voice but not a veto in a new European security system and provides some provocative recommendations

Defence, Terrorism & Security, European UnionPosted: 2010-01-08

Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions other than Taiwan

SSI

This 404-page US volume analyzes the PLA’s involvement in disaster and humanitarian relief, United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO), counterterrorism and border defense, security in outer space and cyberspace, and the level of activity in regional “joint” operational contingencies. On the whole, the volume provides a discerning analysis of these varied PLA developments and how they affect policy towards both Taiwan and the entire Asia-Pacific region

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2009-05-01

The North Korean Ballistic Missile Program

SSI

This 103-page US monograph evaluates the North Korean ballistic missile programme

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-03-03

The New Totalitarians: Social identities and Radical Islamist Political Grand Strategy

SSI

A 79-page US monograph examining the goal of radical Islamist political grand strategy and offering recommendations for countering it.

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-02-13

Transnational Insurgencies and the Escalation of Regional Conflict: Lessons for Iraq and Afghanistan

SSI

This 70-page US monograph examines several transnational militant groups, assesses the prospects for conflict and cooperation over cross-border violence, and discusses current issues facing Iraq and Afghanistan

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2010-03-05

North Korea's Nuclear Question: Sense of Vulnerability, Defensive Motivation, and Peaceful Solution

SSI

This 56-page US paper argues that engaging the regime in Pyongyang and forgoing endeavours to forcefully push democracy in North Korea are inseparable prerequisites to a peaceful and lasting solution to the North Korean nuclear problem

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2011-01-06

Taking Up the Security Challenge of Climate Change

SSI

A 26-page US paper examining the destabilizing effects of climate change and how the military could be used to mitigate global warming and to assist at-risk peoples and states to adapt to climate change, thereby promoting stability and sustainable security

Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-08-16

Reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)

SSI

A 455-page US monograph written to assist in navigating the most important debates over how best to read and implement the NPT and, in the process, spotlighting alternative views of the NPT that are sound and supportable

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2010-05-09

Stability Operations and State-Building

SSI

The 279-page report of a US colloquium held to discuss the challenges posed by state-building

International Development, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-10-23

Russian Defense Reforms: Current Trends

SSI

This 75-page monograph reviews reforms to the Russian military under President Putin

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2006-12-13

The New Totalitarians: Social Identities and Radical Islamist Political Grand Strategy

SSI

A 79-page US monograph arguing that a clash of civilizations beteen the Muslim world and the West is not occuring, but is the aim of radical Islamist terorists

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2007-03-10

The Global War on Terrorism: A Religious War?

SSI

This 24-page US paper examines the root causes of Islamist terror and offers proposals for countering radical Islam

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-11-30

Naval Transformation, Ground Forces and the Expeditionary Impulse: The Sea-Basing Debate

SSI

This 69-page monograph reviews the past, present and future contribution of maritime forces to the conduct of expeditionary operations

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-01-15

Security Cooperation: A Key to the Challenges of the 21st Century

SSI

This 19-page US paper examines the role of security cooperation in the emerging security environment

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-11-30

Understanding Indian Insurgencies: Implications for Counterinsurgency Operations in the Third World

SSI

An 84-page US monograph drawing lessons from Indian counterinsurgency experience for use in counterinsurgency operations in other third world countries

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-03-10

East Asian Security: Two Views

SSI

A US publication combining a Chinese and a US paper on security challenges in Northeast Asia

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-12-10

Regional Threats and Security Strategy: The Troubling Case of Today's Middle East

SSI

This 55-page US monograph proposes a new approach to developing a security strategy to mitigate the threats to US and international interests

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-12-10

Russian Security Strategy Under Vladimir Putin: Russian and American Perspectives

SSI

This 54-page US publication illustrates the degree to which the great power rivalry in Eurasia has become a major security issue and a source of growing Russo-American tension

Foreign Policy, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-12-10

Operation EUFOR TCHAD/RCA and the EU's Common Security and Defense Policy

SSI

This 140-page US report on an operation in Africa, Operation EUFOR TCHAD/RCA, provides a look inside the workings of an EU military operation, highlights successes and failures, and draws lessons learned

Defence, Terrorism & Security, European UnionPosted: 2010-12-10

Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom

SSI

A 354-page book urging an enhancement of the IAEA's ability to detect and prevent nuclear diversion

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-03-02

Deterrence, Missile Defence and Collateral Damage in the Iranian-Israeli Strategic Relationship

SSI

A 4-page US op-ed on issues relevant to the likehihood of an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-03-03

Transnational Insurgencies and the Escalation of Regional Conflict: Lessons for Iraq and Afghanistan

SSI

This 73-page US monograph examines several transnational insurgencies that have been active since the end of the Cold War and applies the lessons learned to contemporary issues facing Iraq and Afghanistan

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2010-03-22

Kazakhstan's Defense Policy: An Assessment of the Trends

SSI

A 73-page US monograph assessing Kazakhstan's defence policy in the context of its foreign policy

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2009-02-26

The "People" in the PLA

SSI

This 401-page volume describes reforms in the recruitment, training and mobilization of the PLA

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-10-01

Learning from Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy

SSI

A 125-page US monograph considers the lessons learned about counterinsurgency from the Iraq conflict

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-02-09

Do Oil Exports Fuel Defense Spending?

SSI

This 62-page US monograph explores the impact that oil revenue had on the national defence spending of five oil-exporting countries

Defence, Terrorism & Security, EnergyPosted: 2010-03-22

Rosoboroneksport: Arms Sales and the Structure of the Russian Defense Industry

SSI

This 108-page US monograph examines Russia's programme of weapons exports and its part in winning friends abroad and rebuilding Russia's armed forces

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2007-02-09

China-Russia Relations: Strategic Parallelism without Partnership or Passion?

SSI

This 172-page US monograph assesses security relations between China and Russia

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2008-08-23

US Foreign Policy and Regime Instability

SSI

This 72-page US monograph analyzes the extent to which conflict and terrorism in other countries are influenced by their military and foreign policy relationships with the US

Foreign Policy, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-07-03

HAMAS and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics

SSI

This 107-page US monograph considers Hamas in the context of a region-wide phenomenon of similar movements with local goals, which can be persuaded to relinquish violence or which could become more violent

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-01-16

Challenging Transformation's Cliches

SSI

A 37-page US monograph challenging some of the accepted notions that have become foundational to contemporary theories of military transformation

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-01-15

Chinese Perceptions of Traditional and Nontraditional Threats

SSI

This 173-page US monograph examines how China perceives itself, the world and China's place in it

Foreign Policy, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-04-22

HAMAS and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics

SSI

This 105-page US monograph considers the changing fortunes of the Palestinian movement, Hamas, and the recent outcomes of Israeli strategies aimed against this group and Palestinian nationalism external to the Fatah faction of the Palestinian Authority.

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-01-14

Security Sector Reform: A Case Study Approach to Transition and Capacity Building

SSI

A 119-page US monograph in which the makeup of the security sector is examined, emergent principles are identified for implementing SSR in the community of practice, and the outcomes that SSR is designed to produce are specified

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Disarmament & PeacekeepingPosted: 2010-02-18

Russian Nonproliferation Policy and the Korean Peninsula

SSI

This 46-page US monograph focuses on Russia's perspectives with regard to North Korea's nuclear programme and Russia's own standing in Northeast Asia

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-02-09

The Serpent in Our Garden: Al-Qa'ida and the Long War

SSI

This 82-page US paper identifies al-Qa’ida and Salafi-Jihadists as the enemy of the US and recommends new approaches to fighting terrorism

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-02-12

U.S. Military Forces and Police Assistance in Stability Operations: The Least-Worst Option to Fill the U.S. Capacity Gap

SSI

This 57-page monograph examines the history of U.S. foreign police training from 1961 to the present and explores the key principles for developing effective local police in the current complex and challenging operational environment

Governance & Politics, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2010-11-05

Pakistan's Nuclear Future: Reining in the Risk

SSI

A 297-page US monograph examining several frightening security threats that Pakistan faces or poses

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2010-02-18

Somalia: Line in the Sand -- Identification of MYM Vulnerabilities,

SSI

A 54-page US monograph examining the continuing instability in Somalia, its causes and possible implications

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2010-10-20

Teaching Strategy: Challenge and Response

SSI

This 352-page US compendium considers how to teach military strategy

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2010-04-07

The Politics of Identity: History, Nationalism and the Prospect for Peace in Post-Cold War East Asia

SSI

A 61-page monograph exploring how the US might respond to the emerging new nationalism in East Asia to promote stability and peace in the region

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-05-10

North Korea's Military Threat: Pyongyang's Conventional Forces, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Ballistic Missiles

SSI

A 190-page US monograph assessing the capabilities and intentions of North Korea's People's Army

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-05-10

The Conflicts in Yemen and U.S. National Security

SSI

This 83-page US monograph examines the political and security situation in Yemen and their implications for US security

Governance & Politics, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2011-02-07

War without Borders: The Colombia-Ecuador Crisis of 2008

SSI

A 57-page US monograph analyzing the role that the United States plays in the emerging security environment in Latin America

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2009-01-14

Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration in Central Asia

SSI

A 63-page US paper arguing that a winning strategy in Afghanistan depends upon a new coordinated nonmilitary approach to Central Asia

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2009-06-05

Georgia after the Rose Revolution: Geopolitical Predicament and Implications for US Policy

SSI

This 47-page US monograph proposes a more coherent and proactive US policy towards the Caucasus and Central Asia

Foreign Policy, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-04-20

Regional Fears of Western Primacy and the Future of Middle East Basing Policy

SSI

A 113-page analysis of how the US and other Western states might best address their military cooperation and basing needs within the Middle East

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-01-15

Regional Spillover Effects of the Iraq War

SSI

A US paper addressing the spillover issues associated with the Iraq war

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2009-01-16

After Iraq: The Search for a Sustainable National Security Strategy

SSI

A 97-page US paper defining the prerequisites for a sustainable national security strategy

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-01-16

Toward a Risk Management Defense Strategy

SSI

This 76-page US monograph outlines eight principles for a risk management defence strategy

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-09-20

Pakistan's Nuclear Future: Worries Beyond War

SSI

A 383-page volume of essays examining concerns about possible misuse of Pakistan's nuclear assets

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-01-22

Projecting Pyongyang: The Future of North Korea's Kim Jong II Regime

SSI

A 56-page US monograph exploring the future of the regime of Kim Jong II

Governance & Politics, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-04-12

Defense Transformation: To What, For What?

SSI

An 82-page US monograph asserting that defence transformation is too often influenceed by weapons systems preferences rather than by policy needs

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2006-12-14

State and Nonstate Associated Gangs: Credible "Midwives of New Social Orders"

SSI

This 78-page US monograph examines contemporary populism and neopopulism, 21st century socialism, and a nonstate actor (al-Qaeda) seeking regional and global hegemony

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-06-05

The NATO-Russia Partnership: A Marriage of Convenience or a Troubled Relationship?

SSI

This 101-page US monograph focuses on the Russian side of the relationship with NATO and the increasing sense of estrangement between the two parties

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2006-12-14

Globalization and Its Implications for the Defense Industrial Base

SSI

This 84-page US monograph explores how key elements of globalization have transformed national defence industries around the world

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-04-20

Building for the Future

SSI

A 74-page US report assessing the progress of China's space programme

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-04-12

China's Grand Strategy: From Confucius to Contemporary

SSI

A 35-page US monograph addressing how China's grand strategy may be expected to develop

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2010-11-05

Humanitarian Intervention: A Duty?

SSI

This 42-page US paper argues that the United States should adopt a flexible and tailored strategy which assesses the justification for humanitarian intervention

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2012-02-19

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union's Common Security and Defense Policy: Intersecting Trajectories

SSI

This 60-page US monograph argues that it is time for NATO 2.0, a new version of NATO, to fit the realities of an ever more integrated Europe in the 21st century

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2011-09-14

Arms Control and Proliferation Challenges to the Reset Policy

SSI

This 129-page US monograph examines the prospects for further progress in the reset policy with Russia regarding arms control and nuclear proliferation by North Korea and Iran

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2011-11-27

Russian Military Politics and Russia's 2010 Defense Doctrine

SSI

Three US papers (196 pages)illuminating the political struggles among the government and the military in Russia to forge a new defence doctrine

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-04-11

Busting the Myths About the North Korea Problem

SSI

An 8-page US article arguing that the United States will not be able to make progress on settling the North Korea problem if it continues to operate under the illusions generated by long-held myths

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2012-03-08

Central Asian Security Trends: Views from Europe and Russia

SSI

This 94-page US monograph comprehensively analyzes Russia's efforts to exert its influence in Central Asia

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2011-05-17

Cyber Infrastructure Protection

SSI

This 324-page US book provides an integrated view and a comprehensive framework of the various issues relating to cyber infrastructure protection

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-05-17

MAPRO: Mass Atrocity Prevention & Response Options, A Policy Planning Handbook

SSI

A 209-page US policy planning handbook intended to assist the policy community in addressing mass atrocity situations.

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Human RightsPosted: 2012-04-27

The Saudi-Iranian Rivalry and the Future of Middle East Security

SSI

A 95-page US monograph asserting that Saudi-Iranian rivalry is likely to intensify as a central feature in the Middle Eastern security landscape that reaches into both the Gulf region and the Arab-Israeli theatre

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2012-02-19

Cyber Infrastructure Protection

SSI

This 324-page US book provides an integrated view and a comprehensive framework of the various issues relating to cyber infrastructure protection

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-06-03

Presidential Succession Scenarios in Egypt and Their Impact on U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relations

SSI

This 62-page US monograph examines the important question as to who might succeed President Hosni Mubarak by analyzing several possible scenarios and what they would mean for U.S. strategic relations with Egypt

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-10-19

China-Latin America Military Engagement: Good Will, Good Business, and Strategic Position

SSI

A 79-page US monograph examining Chinese military engagement with Latin America

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2011-09-14

The Arab Spring and the Future of U.S. Interests and Cooperative Security in the Arab World

SSI

A 37-page US essay considering the implications of the Arab Spring for the US on a country-by-country basis

Regional, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2011-08-23

Rebuilding Armed Forces: Learning from Iraq and Lebanon

SSI

This 49-page US monograph offers useful insights for future military assistance programmes and reconstruction efforts

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2011-06-03

Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Instability

SSI

An 88-page US monograph focussing on the complex relationship between human security, crime, illicit economies, and law enforcement. It also seeks to disentangle the linkages between insurgency on the one hand and drug trafficking and organized crime

Crime, Law & Order, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2012-05-09

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union's Common Security and Defense Policy: Intersecting Trajectories

SSI

A 60-page US monograph arguing that it is time for NATO 2.0, a new version of NATO, to fit the realities of an ever more integrated Europe in the 21st century

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2011-08-23

International Transfers of Combat Aircraft, 2005-2009

SIPRIA

This 8-page Swedish factsheet details recent international transfers of combat aircraft

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-11-19

Iran as a Pioneer Case for Multilateral Nuclear Arrangements

SIPRI, MIT

This 30-page report offers a model for reconciling Iran's nuclear ambitions with international concerns about nuclear non-proliferation

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Disarmament & PeacekeepingPosted: 2007-06-30

Country of Nuclear Strategic Concern - Brazil

SIPRI and FWI

One of a series of profiles of countries with the potential to be a "nuclear strategic concern".

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2006-07-27

Climate Change, Land and Security

SIPRI

A Swedish essay on the interaction of climate change and security

Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-12-18

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

SIPRI

A 66-page policy paper assessing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as a regional security organisation

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-06-30

Transparency in Transfers of Small Arms and Light Weapons

SIPRI

This 72-page Swedish policy paper documents and analyzes information of SALW transfers reported to UNROCA for 2003-2006

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Disarmament & PeacekeepingPosted: 2008-07-15

Is South America on the Brink of an Arms Race?

SIPRI

A Swedish essay examining whether an arms race is looming in South America

Defence, Terrorism & Security, RegionalPosted: 2010-01-29

The Taliban's Propaganda Activities

SIPRI

A 19-page Swedish paper examining the nature and effectiveness of the Taliban's propaganda activities

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-08-03

Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2009

SIPRI

An 8-page Swedish fact sheet containing information on all international transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the end of 2009

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-03-26

Prosecuting Conflict-related Sexual Violence at the International Criminal Court

SIPRI

This 16-page Swedish paper examines the ICC's ability to act as a symbool of deterrence and a catalyst

Crime, Law & Order, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-06-04

Building Stability in the North Caucasus: Ways Forward for Russia and the European Union

SIPRI

A 68-page policy paper tracing the role of the North Caucasus in Russian history and offering recommendations for urgent shifts in policy towards the region by Russia and the EU

Foreign Policy, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-05-16

Regionalism in South Asian Diplomacy

SIPRI

A 76-page policy paper examining the nature and success of regional security cooperation in South Asia

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2007-03-14

North Korea’s Nuclear Test Explosion, 2009

SIPRI

An 8-page Swedish fact sheet compiling evidence relating to North Korea's nuclear explosion on 25 May 2009

Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-12-18

SIPRI ARMS TRANSFERS DATA, 2008

SIPRI

This 8-page Swedish fact sheet provides measures of trends in international transfers of major conventional weapons

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-05-01

Artisanal Mining and Post-conflict Reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

SIPRI

This 20-page Swedish background paper examines the problems of mineral resource governance in the DRC

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-11-19

The European Security Architecture Two Decades after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Can Russia be Integrated?

SIPRI

A Swedish essay on the need for a sincere and critical effort to review the European security architecture

Defence, Terrorism & Security, European UnionPosted: 2009-11-20

China and Nuclear Arms Control: Current Positions and Future Policies

SIPRI

A 20-page Swedish paper on Chinese positions on some of the most critical nuclear arms control issues

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Disarmament & PeacekeepingPosted: 2010-05-09

Arms Transfers to the Middle East

SIPRI

An 8-page Swedish background paper reporting on arms transfers to and from states in the Middle East

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Disarmament & PeacekeepingPosted: 2009-09-05

Punishing Acts of WMD Proliferation: More Easily Said than Done

SIPRI

This Swedish essay examines the practicalities of punishing acts of WMD proliferation

Disarmament & Peacekeeping, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-04-23

Arms Transfers to Europe and Central Asia

SIPRI

A 12-page Swedish background paper on military expenditure and arms imports in Europe and Central Asia

Defence, Terrorism & Security, European UnionPosted: 2010-03-22

The Role of Deterrence in Future NATO Strategy

SIPRI

A Swedish essay on NATO's continuing need for a nuclear deterrent

Defence, Terrorism & Security, European UnionPosted: 2010-05-20