Security studies
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Russia’s Battle for the Black Sea
On July 25, President Vladimir Putin gave a rousing speech in St. Petersburg to mark the 325th anniversary of the…
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Afghanistan’s neighbours are preparing for life with the Taliban
wo decades after Western forces helped sweep the Taliban from power, and four months after President Joe Biden announced his intention…
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America Failed Its Way to Counterterrorism Success
“War,” the late French prime minister Georges Clemenceau famously remarked, “is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.”
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Bin Laden’s Catastrophic Success
On September 11, 2001, al Qaeda carried out the deadliest foreign terrorist attack the United States had ever experienced.
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Imagining the Buddhist Ecumene in Myanmar
This paper argues that the model of an “Ecumene” will aid external interpretation of the Myanmar political process, including the…
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Regionalism, globalism and complexity: IR under attack
Since regionalism studies first appeared as a field of enquiry in scholarly research, in the '70s, the story has gone…
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Myanmar’s Role in China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative
This article argues that the origins and theoretical underpinnings of Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative can actually be traced…
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The Limits of Cyberoffense
The recent wave of high-profile cyberattacks by Russian organized crime groups has forced U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to confront…
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In Ethiopia’s civil war, Tigrayan forces take the offensive
The streets of Dessie, in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, are loud and bustling. So are its restaurants and bars. But as…
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Israel is loth to regulate its spyware exports
When international news organisations revealed that at least ten governments had used Pegasus, a powerful software tool created by Israel’s nso Group,…
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Japan Is the New Leader of Asia’s Liberal Order
Over the last decade, and especially over the last four years, Japan has emerged as a quiet leader in the…
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The Need for Economic Security Is Reviving
Unlike his predecessor, whose transactional view of diplomacy rankled many in Tokyo, Biden has been at pains to rekindle the…
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