Sunday, April 29, 2012

USIP to Train Senior Pakistani Religious Figures in Conflict Resolution | United States Institute of Peace

USIP to Train Senior Pakistani Religious Figures in Conflict Resolution | United States Institute of Peace

Strengthening Afghanistan's Resilience to Withstand Transition Challenges | United States Institute of Peace

Strengthening Afghanistan's Resilience to Withstand Transition Challenges | United States Institute of Peace

Sudan and South Sudan Teeter on Brink of War | United States Institute of Peace

Sudan and South Sudan Teeter on Brink of War | United States Institute of Peace

Truth Commission: South Korea 2005 | United States Institute of Peace

Truth Commission: South Korea 2005 | United States Institute of Peace

The Islamists Are Coming | United States Institute of Peace

The Islamists Are Coming | United States Institute of Peace

Beyond the Annan Plan for Syria | United States Institute of Peace

Beyond the Annan Plan for Syria | United States Institute of Peace

Conducting Track II Peace Making | United States Institute of Peace

Conducting Track II Peace Making | United States Institute of Peace

Head of the Secretariat for Afghanistan's High Peace Council Visits USIP | United States Institute of Peace

Head of the Secretariat for Afghanistan's High Peace Council Visits USIP | United States Institute of Peace

Despite Big Unresolved Issues, Progress in Iran Nuclear Negotiations | United States Institute of Peace

Despite Big Unresolved Issues, Progress in Iran Nuclear Negotiations | United States Institute of Peace

USIP's Korea Working Group Convenes 5th U.S.-South Korean Track 1.5 Dialogue | United States Institute of Peace

USIP's Korea Working Group Convenes 5th U.S.-South Korean Track 1.5 Dialogue | United States Institute of Peace

New Media and Old: Using Social Media and Radio to Build Peace in Pakistan and Afghanistan | United States Institute of Peace

New Media and Old: Using Social Media and Radio to Build Peace in Pakistan and Afghanistan | United States Institute of Peace

Peacebuilding on the Ground: Teaching Them to Fish | United States Institute of Peace

Peacebuilding on the Ground: Teaching Them to Fish | United States Institute of Peace

Obama Announces Formation of the Atrocities Prevention Board | United States Institute of Peace

Obama Announces Formation of the Atrocities Prevention Board | United States Institute of Peace

Continuing Burma's Transition to Democracy | United States Institute of Peace

Continuing Burma's Transition to Democracy | United States Institute of Peace

Continuing Burma's Transition to Democracy | United States Institute of Peace

Continuing Burma's Transition to Democracy | United States Institute of Peace

Needed in Afghanistan: More Spectacular Displays of Diplomacy and Peacebuilding | United States Institute of Peace

Needed in Afghanistan: More Spectacular Displays of Diplomacy and Peacebuilding | United States Institute of Peace

Homegrown Terrorism | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Homegrown Terrorism | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Beginning of the Countdown to Sectarian End-Game in Pakistan? | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Beginning of the Countdown to Sectarian End-Game in Pakistan? | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Capabilities and Capacities: A Survey of South-east Europe’s Demilitarization Infrastructure by Pierre Gobinet

The Small Arms Survey compiled this Special Report in support of the Regional
Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) Initiative. This initiative
intends
to contribute to South-east European (SEE) security by preventing
disastrous explosions in weapon and ammunition stockpiles and addressing
the destabilizing diversion of stockpiled conventional weapons and ammunition.
The Special Report is designed to provide regional physical security and
stockpile management (PSSM) stakeholders with a clear, concise, and comparative
overview of SEE capabilities and capacities for the demilitarization
of surplus weapons and ammunition. It is a direct response to the First SEE
RASR Workshop held on 5–7 May 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia, and hosted by the
US government.

http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR15-South-East-Europe-Demilitarization.pdf

Middle East Notes and Comment: Getting Syria Right | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Middle East Notes and Comment: Getting Syria Right | Center for Strategic and International Studies

U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Sanctions game: Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change | Center for Strategic and International Studies

U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Sanctions game: Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The United States, India, and the United Nations: Divergence and Convergence | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The United States, India, and the United Nations: Divergence and Convergence | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The United States, India, and the United Nations: Divergence and Convergence | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The United States, India, and the United Nations: Divergence and Convergence | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The "Arab Spring" Becomes the "Arab Decade" | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The "Arab Spring" Becomes the "Arab Decade" | Center for Strategic and International Studies

India Launches Radar Satellite | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

India Launches Radar Satellite | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Visit of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Sri Lanka | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Visit of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Sri Lanka | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Tipaimukh Dam: Some Myths, Some Facts | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Tipaimukh Dam: Some Myths, Some Facts | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Issues of National, Ecological and Human Security in the Siachen Glacier Region | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Issues of National, Ecological and Human Security in the Siachen Glacier Region | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Monday, April 23, 2012

Agni V Launches India into the ‘Strat’-o-sphere | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Agni V Launches India into the ‘Strat’-o-sphere | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

China’s Xinjiang Problem: The 2009 Riots and its Aftermath | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

China’s Xinjiang Problem: The 2009 Riots and its Aftermath | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

The Red Princelings of China | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

The Red Princelings of China | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Deciphering Kayani-Speak: One Avalanche Leads to Another? | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Deciphering Kayani-Speak: One Avalanche Leads to Another? | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Club Climate Negotiations with Local Actions | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Club Climate Negotiations with Local Actions | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

China’s Territorial Claim on India’s Eastern Sector: Tibet as Core | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

China’s Territorial Claim on India’s Eastern Sector: Tibet as Core | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Russia-India-China Strategic Triangle: Signalling a Power Shift? | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Russia-India-China Strategic Triangle: Signalling a Power Shift? | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Foreign Assistance in a Time of Austerity | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Foreign Assistance in a Time of Austerity | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Combatting Al Qaeda After Bin Laden | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Combatting Al Qaeda After Bin Laden | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Nuclear Challenges in 2013 | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Nuclear Challenges in 2013 | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Role of Unconventional Oil and Gas: A New Paradigm for Energy | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Role of Unconventional Oil and Gas: A New Paradigm for Energy | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Nuclear Energy in America: Preventing its Early Demise | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Nuclear Energy in America: Preventing its Early Demise | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Playing a New Geoeconomic Game | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Playing a New Geoeconomic Game | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Battle for Kabul has Begun | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

The Battle for Kabul has Begun | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Arguing Over Blocks: Do China and the Philippines Both Have a Claim? | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Arguing Over Blocks: Do China and the Philippines Both Have a Claim? | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Russia Drifts Eastward? | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Russia Drifts Eastward? | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Biodefense: When Technology Goes Global | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Biodefense: When Technology Goes Global | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Will America Defeat Itself? Ideas and National Power | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Will America Defeat Itself? Ideas and National Power | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Reality of Defence Procurement | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

The Reality of Defence Procurement | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

North Korea’s Rocket Fails | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

North Korea’s Rocket Fails | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Manipur: Post-Assembly Elections 2012 | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Manipur: Post-Assembly Elections 2012 | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

BRICS Now Matter In The Changing Global World Order | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

BRICS Now Matter In The Changing Global World Order | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Reform in Myanmar: One Year On

Monday, April 16, 2012

Looking Beyond the Chicago Summit: Nuclear Weapons in Europe and the Future of NATO George Perkovich, Malcolm Chalmers, Steven Pifer, Paul Schulte, Jaclyn Tandler Carnegie Paper, April 2012

Simmering Discontent in the Western Sahara Anouar Boukhars Carnegie Paper, March 2012

Hope for Peace: What do the signs foretell? | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Hope for Peace: What do the signs foretell? | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Khamenei Strikes Back | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Khamenei Strikes Back | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

The Future of Special Forces | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Future of Special Forces | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The 3 A.M. Phone Call: Pyongyang | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The 3 A.M. Phone Call: Pyongyang | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The End of Zero Problems? Turkey and Shifting Regional Dynamics | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The End of Zero Problems? Turkey and Shifting Regional Dynamics | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Arab Changes Yet to Come | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Arab Changes Yet to Come | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Global Force Posture Under the Threat of Sequester | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Global Force Posture Under the Threat of Sequester | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Evolving Economic Picture in Asia | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Evolving Economic Picture in Asia | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Beware the Backburner: The Risk of a Neglected Europe | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Beware the Backburner: The Risk of a Neglected Europe | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Shifting the Narrative on Africa: Playing to the Continent’s Upside | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Shifting the Narrative on Africa: Playing to the Continent’s Upside | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Worst Threat to America: A Partisan and Self-Paralyzed Congress | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Worst Threat to America: A Partisan and Self-Paralyzed Congress | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Public Diplomacy for a New Era | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Public Diplomacy for a New Era | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Stabilization and Reconstruction After Iraq and Afghanistan | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Stabilization and Reconstruction After Iraq and Afghanistan | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Pivot to Asia: Prepare for Unintended Consequences | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Pivot to Asia: Prepare for Unintended Consequences | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Rethinking U.S. Military Presence in Asia and the Pacific | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Rethinking U.S. Military Presence in Asia and the Pacific | Center for Strategic and International Studies

India and Pakistan: Practical Steps, Transformational Benefits | Center for Strategic and International Studies

India and Pakistan: Practical Steps, Transformational Benefits | Center for Strategic and International Studies

2012 Global Forecast | Center for Strategic and International Studies

2012 Global Forecast | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Americas: Risks and Rewards of Decaying Authoritarianism | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Americas: Risks and Rewards of Decaying Authoritarianism | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

International Legal Protection of Human Rights in Armed Conflict

Non-Lethal Weapons For Todays Operations

International Crisis Group : China’s New Courtship in South Sudan

International Crisis Group : China’s New Courtship in South Sudan

International Crisis Group : China’s New Courtship in South Sudan

International Crisis Group : China’s New Courtship in South Sudan

International Crisis Group : Uganda: No Resolution to Growing Tensions

International Crisis Group : Uganda: No Resolution to Growing Tensions

Syria’s Phase of Radicalisation

LLRC Report - Report of the COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON LESSONS LEARNT AND RECONCILIATION

Darusman Report - Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

Nuclear South Asia

Inside China January-March 2012

Connecting South Asia: Experimenting with the Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Model

Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2012 Sixth Annual Conference

The Week in Review: March 19-25, 3(4), 2012

COUNTRY REVIEWS

South Asia

Afghanistan
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Srilanka
Maldives

East Asia

Southeast Asia
China

Central Asia

Russia

West Asia

Iran
Iraq

DEFENCE REVIEW

National
International

INTERNAL SECURITY REVIEW

Jammu & Kashmir
North East India

UNITED NATIONS (UN) REVIEW

http://idsa.in/system/files/twir_3_4_2012.pdf

Monday, April 9, 2012

The Problems with the NTI Ranking on Nuclear Security | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

The Problems with the NTI Ranking on Nuclear Security | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Building a Better Yemen

U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians Jim Zanotti Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs April 4, 2012

Since the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the
mid-1990s, the U.S. government has committed over $4 billion in bilateral assistance to the
Palestinians, who are among the world’s largest per capita recipients of international foreign aid.
Successive Administrations have requested aid for the Palestinians to support at least three major
U.S. policy priorities of interest to Congress:
• Combating, neutralizing, and preventing terrorism against Israel from the
Islamist group Hamas and other militant organizations.
• Creating a virtuous cycle of stability and prosperity in the West Bank that
inclines Palestinians—including those in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip—
toward peaceful coexistence with Israel and prepares them for self-governance.
• Meeting humanitarian needs and preventing

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf

Ongoing Tensions in the Two Sudans | United States Institute of Peace

Ongoing Tensions in the Two Sudans | United States Institute of Peace

The Value of Building Peace | United States Institute of Peace

The Value of Building Peace | United States Institute of Peace

The Long View of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship | United States Institute of Peace

The Long View of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship | United States Institute of Peace

Innovative Transformation | United States Institute of Peace

Innovative Transformation | United States Institute of Peace

North Carolina: Paving the Way for Peacebuilding | United States Institute of Peace

North Carolina: Paving the Way for Peacebuilding | United States Institute of Peace

USIP Helping Iraqi Minorities Find their Political Voice | United States Institute of Peace

USIP Helping Iraqi Minorities Find their Political Voice | United States Institute of Peace

Landmine Awareness Day: Resources and Activities for Students and Educators | United States Institute of Peace

Landmine Awareness Day: Resources and Activities for Students and Educators | United States Institute of Peace

USIP President Testifies on the Value of Peacebuilding | United States Institute of Peace

USIP President Testifies on the Value of Peacebuilding | United States Institute of Peace

Security Sector Transformation in a Post-Conflict Liberia | United States Institute of Peace

Security Sector Transformation in a Post-Conflict Liberia | United States Institute of Peace

Iran Oil Sanctions: A Race against Time | United States Institute of Peace

Iran Oil Sanctions: A Race against Time | United States Institute of Peace

Providing Justice in Haiti | United States Institute of Peace

Providing Justice in Haiti | United States Institute of Peace

Summit of the Americas | United States Institute of Peace

Summit of the Americas | United States Institute of Peace

USIP Briefs Air Force LtGen. Richard Y. Newton III | United States Institute of Peace

USIP Briefs Air Force LtGen. Richard Y. Newton III | United States Institute of Peace

Myths and Misconceptions in the Afghan Transition | United States Institute of Peace

Myths and Misconceptions in the Afghan Transition | United States Institute of Peace

Finding a Regional Solution for Afghanistan | United States Institute of Peace

Finding a Regional Solution for Afghanistan | United States Institute of Peace

U.S. AND IRANIAN STRATEGIC COMPETITION: The Impact of Latin America, Africa and Peripheral States | Center for Strategic and International Studies

U.S. AND IRANIAN STRATEGIC COMPETITION: The Impact of Latin America, Africa and Peripheral States | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The FY2013 Defense Budget and the New Strategy-Reality Gap | Center for Strategic and International Studies

The FY2013 Defense Budget and the New Strategy-Reality Gap | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Russia's Emerging Global Health Leadership | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Russia's Emerging Global Health Leadership | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

India and the Non-Proliferation System Joan Rohlfing President and Chief Operating Officer Teresita C. Schaffer Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution


India and the United States have been at odds over nuclear issues for more than three decades, and yet both countries’ interests are powerfully affected by the spread of nuclear weapons. The Working Group on an Expanded Non- Proliferation System set out to answer the question, "What would be necessary to have India and the United States work together as active participants in the international non-proliferation system?" The working group, which consisted of a dozen members from India and the United States, with each group drawn about equally from nuclear experts and senior foreign policy figures, held three meetings and extensive consultations by phone and email between November 2009 and June 2011.
The group made one formal recommendation in a public statement dated June 30, 2010: the U.S. and Indian governments should work to bring India into full membership in the export control groups that form part of the larger non-proliferation system. This proposal was endorsed by both governments when U.S. President Barack Obama visited India in November 2010. In addition, the group developed several proposals for enhancing India-U.S. collaboration on three aspects of global non-proliferation: nuclear security; nuclear disarmament and the possibilities for U.S.-India cooperation in improving the possibilities for real progress; and Indian participation in non-proliferation institutions other than the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) itself.
This report describes the deliberations of the group, outlines the ideas it has developed for strengthening India’s participation in global non-proliferation, and puts forth some thoughts on where non-proliferation is headed in the coming years.
The members of the working group all agreed to the joint statement of June 2010, and they are in broad agreement that the proposals in this report will strengthen progress toward a safer world. The working papers reflect only the views of their respective authors, and any other errors in this report are the responsibility of its principal author.
India and the Nonproliferation Institutions: Addressing the “Expectations Gap” was written as a part of an effort by the Working Group on an Expanded Nonproliferation System. The group was jointly established by CSIS and the Nuclear Threat Initiative to bring about more complete participation by India in the nonproliferation system, and it included experts in international nuclear affairs and in foreign policy from both India and the United States. The group advocated for Indian membership in export control groups.
http://www.nti.org/media/pdfs/IndiaNonProliferationSystem-1111.pdf?_=1326131244

Using Pattern Analysis and Systematic Randomness to Allocate U.S. Border Security Resources | RAND

Using Pattern Analysis and Systematic Randomness to Allocate U.S. Border Security Resources | RAND

Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Cold War for a New Era of Strategic Piracy | RAND

Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Cold War for a New Era of Strategic Piracy | RAND

The U.S. National Intelligence Council's Global Trends 2015: Excerpts, Commentaries, and Response

By
Eugene J. Carroll, Jr, Richard Cincotta, Johanna Mendelson Forman, Michael Hanssler, Arno Weinmann, Liliana Hisas, Leslie Johnston, Michael A. Ledeen, Gavin Kitchingham, Gayl Ness, David Rejeski, Ervin J. Rokke, Judith Shapiro, Michael White, Aleksei Vladimirovich Yablokov, and Ellen Laipson
In January 2001, the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC), a center within the Central Intelligence Agency that provides the agency’s director with mid- and long-term strategic thinking and direction, published Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue About the Future with Nongovernmental Experts. This unclassified and public report, which expanded on the NIC’s previous effort Global Trends 2010, takes a look at the world over the next 15 years from the perspective of the national security policymaker.
Produced in consultation with experts outside the intelligence community from academia, think-tanks, and the corporate world, Global Trends 2015 identifies worldwide seven dynamics or “drivers” (such as demographic trends, natural resources, globalization, and the role of the United States) and estimates their impact in an effort to produce a comprehensive picture of the world in 2015. In his introductory letter to the report, then-NIC Chairman John Gannon wrote that Global Trends 2015 “should be seen as a work-in-progress, a flexible framework for thinking about the future that we will update and revise as conditions evolve. As such, we are pleased to share it with the public, confident that the feedback we receive will improve our understanding of the issues we treat. We welcome comments on all aspects of this study.”
The Environmental Change and Security Project invited a wide range of scientists, government officials, nongovernmental activists, and defense analysts from across the globe to write commentaries on any aspect of Global Trends 2015 that struck them. Fourteen responded, and their commentaries follow below excerpts of the report itself. Finally, Ellen Laipson, acting chairman of the NIC, responds at length to the commentaries. We are pleased and proud to present this fertile exchange.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/ECSP7-commentaries.pdf

Asia's Future: Critical Thinking for a Changing Environment By Dorothy C. Zbicz


While Europe and the U.S. accomplished their own levels of environmental degradation over centuries, already densely populated Asia, with its lightning-speed economic development, natural resource-dependent economies, and globalization of trade, is currently playing out this environmental version of unsustainable growth in fast forward, and its rich biodiversity is paying the price. With change now occurring so rapidly, both globally and in Asia, some trends now appearing in the distance may all too soon become serious environmental threats. Identifying these trends and the broader, longer-term drivers giving rise to them is key to protecting Asia’s environment and its future.
Starting in October 2008, the China Environment Forum and the Environmental Change and Security Program were charged by the U.S. Agency for International Development with investigating Asia's most serious environmental challenges. CEF and ECSP held 9 roundtables with experts, and conducted interviews and research that helped create this report, focused mainly on Southeast Asia, that identifies global trends impacting the environment, and highlights opportunities for USAID and other donors to improve environmental protection. The most important conclusion to be drawn from the analysis is the urgent need for environmental sustainability—for sustainable use, sustainable consumption, sustainable development—in ways that do not enrich current generations at the expense of future ones.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Asias%20Future11.pdf

Blog Archive

Asian Survey 51(1), 2011

  • Timor-Leste in 2010: The Window for a “Normal” Future? Matthew B. Arnold
  • Cambodia in 2010: Hun Sen’s Further Consolidation, Steve Heder
  • Laos in 2010: Political Stasis, Rabid Development, and Regional Counter-weighting, William Case
  • Vietnam in 2010: Regional Leadership, Ramses Amer
  • Indonesia in 2010: A Leading Democracy Disappoints on Reform, Ehito Kimura
  • Malaysia in 2010: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Michael O’Shannassy
  • The Philippines in 2010: Blood, Ballots, and Beyond, Patricio N. Abinales
  • Thailand in 2010: Rupture and Attempts at Reconciliation, Catharin Dalpino
  • Myanmar in 2010: Doors Open, Doors Close, Sean Turnell
  • Bangladesh in 2010: Digital Makeover but Continued Human and Economic Insecurity, Bina D’Costa
  • Sri Lanka in 2010: Regime Consolidation in a Post-Civil War Era, Jayadeva Uyangoda
  • Nepal and Bhutan in 2010: At an Impasse, Susan Hangen
  • India in 2010: Robust Economics amid Political Stasis, Shalendra Sharma
  • Pakistan in 2010: Flooding, Governmental Inefficiency, and Continued Insurgency, C. Christine Fair
  • Afghanistan in 2010: Continuing Governance Challenges and Faltering Security, William Maley
  • Taiwan in 2010: Mapping for a New Political Landscape and Economic Outlook, Hung-mao Tien and Chen-yuan Tung
  • Russia and the CIS in 2010: Post-Crisis Tests, Yu-shan Wu
  • South Korea in 2010: Navigating New Heights in the Alliance, Victor D. Cha and Katrin Katz
  • Japan in 2010: Messy Politics but Healthier Democracy Frances Mccall Rosenbluth
  • North Korea in 2010: Provocations and Succession Peter M. Beck
  • China in 2010: Dilemmas of “Scientific Development” Guoguang Wu
  • The United States and Asia in 2010: Uncertain Relations, François Ggodement
  • Asia in 2010: Continent Ascendant, Lowell Dittmer

Australian Journal of International Affairs, 65(1), 2011

  • An East Asian security community: Japan, Australia and resources as 'security' Donna Weeks Pages 61 - 80
  • Asia's transformation, international relations and public policy Nick Bisley Pages 102 - 108
  • From the age of asymmetry to the great reconvergence: securing order in the Asian century Andrew Phillips Pages 94 - 101
  • Japanese domestic politics and security cooperation with Australia: the limits of 'normalisation' Tadashi Anno Pages 24 - 39
  • Japanese security policy formation: assessing the Koizumi revolution Rikki Kersten Pages 5 - 23
  • Power shift: rethinking Australia's place in the Asian century Hugh White Pages 81 - 93
  • Regional security cooperation in East Asia: what can Japan and Australia usefully do together? Kazuhiko Togo Pages 40 - 60

Australian Journal of International Affairs, 65(2), 2011

  • Anglo-American followers or Antipodean iconoclasts? The 2008 TRIP survey of international relations in Australia and New Zealand J. C. Sharman; Jacqui True Pages 148 - 166
  • Building the nation in Timor-Leste and its implications for the country's democratic development Selver B. Sahin Pages 220 - 242
  • Change and continuity in strategic culture: the cases of Australia and New Zealand David McCraw Pages 167 - 184
  • Contextualising the AIDS epidemic in the South Pacific: orthodoxies, estimates and evidence Michael O'Keefe Pages 185 - 202
  • Securitising HIV/AIDS in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Anna Hayes; Abduresit Qarluq Pages 203 - 219

Conflict, Security & Development, 11(1), 2011

  • 'War don don': stability, normalcy and Sierra Leone Alice Hills Pages 1 - 24
  • Conflict and gender: the implications of the Burundian conflict on HIV/AIDS risks Hakan Seckinelgin; Joseph Bigirumwami; Jill Morris Pages 55 - 77
  • Revolutionary conflict in federations: the Indian case Jason Miklian Pages 25 - 53
  • The securitisation of civil society: a case study of NGOs-State Security Investigations (SSI) relations in Egypt Mariz Tadros Pages 79 - 103

Democratization 18(2), 2011

  • An autocrat's toolkit: adaptation and manipulation in 'democratic' Cameroon Ericka A. Albaugh Pages 388 - 414
  • Can democratization undermine democracy? Economic and political reform in Uganda Michael F. Keating Pages 415 - 442
  • Democracy promotion in Africa: the institutional context Oda van Cranenburgh Pages 443 - 461
  • Democracy, identity and the politics of exclusion in post-genocide Rwanda: the case of the Batwa Danielle Beswick Pages 490 - 511
  • Democratic crisis or crisis of confidence? What local perceptual lenses tell us about Madagascar's 2009 political crisis Lauren Leigh Hinthorne Pages 535 - 561
  • Democratization in Africa 1990-2010: an assessment Gabrielle Lynch; Gordon Crawford Pages 275 - 310
  • Ethnicity and party preference in sub-Saharan Africa Matthias Basedau; Gero Erdmann; Jann Lay; Alexander Stroh Pages 462 - 489
  • Taking back our democracy? The trials and travails of Nigerian elections since 1999 Cyril Obi Pages 366 - 387
  • The abrogation of the electorate: an emergent African phenomenon Wale Adebanwi; Ebenezer Obadare Pages 311 - 335
  • The internal dynamics of power-sharing in Africa Nic Cheeseman Pages 336 - 365
  • Well, what can you expect?': donor officials' apologetics for hybrid regimes in Africa Stephen Brown Pages 512 - 534

Democratization 18(1), 2011

  • Democracy and 'punitive populism': exploring the Supreme Court's role in El Salvador Elena Martinez Barahona; Sebastian Linares Lejarraga Pages 52 - 74
  • Democratic agency in the local political sphere. Reflections on inclusion in Bolivia Nancy Thede Pages 211 - 235
  • Democratization by decree: the case of Bhutan Mark Turner; Sonam Chuki; Jit Tshering Pages 184 - 210
  • Military extrication and temporary democracy: the case of Pakistan Michael Hoffman Pages 75 - 99
  • Obstacles to citizen participation by direct democracy in Latin America: a comparative regional analysis of legal frameworks and evidence from the Costa Rican case Anita Breuer Pages 100 - 134
  • Questioning Tocqueville in Africa: continuity and change in civil society during Nigeria's democratization A. Carl LeVan Pages 135 - 159
  • Stateness first? Jørgen Møller; Svend-Erik Skaaning Pages 1 - 24
  • Structural factors vs. regime change: Moldova's difficult quest for democracy Theodor Tudoroiu Pages 236 - 264
  • The religious experience as affecting ambivalence: the case of democratic performance evaluation in Israel Pazit Ben-Nun-Bloom; Mina Zemach; Asher Arian Pages 25 - 51
  • When government fails us: trust in post-socialist civil organizations Dani M. Marinova Pages 160 - 183

Foreign Affairs, 90(1), 2011

  • A Leaner and Meaner Defense: How to Cut the Pentagon's Budget While Improving Its Performance Gordon Adams, Matthew Leatherman, p. 139
  • A Third Way to Palestine: Fayyadism and Its Discontents Robert M Danin, p. 94
  • Culture Matters: The Real Obstacles to Latin American Development Oscar Arias, p. 2
  • Enforcing the Peace: How the Great Powers Can Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse Howard M Sachar, p. 14
  • Finish the Job: How the War in Afghanistan Can Be Won Paul D Miller, p. 51
  • Less Than Zero: Bursting the New Disarmament Bubble Josef Joffe, James W Davis, p. 7
  • Plan B in Afghanistan: Why a De Facto Partition Is the Least Bad Option Robert D Blackwill, p. 42
  • Small Arms, Big Problems: The Fallout of the Global Gun Trade C J Chivers, p. 110
  • Sudan's Secession Crisis: Can the South Part From the North Without War? Andrew S Natsios, Michael Abramowitz, p. 19
  • The Dangers of a Nuclear Iran: The Limits of Containment Eric S Edelman, Andrew F Krepinevich, Evan Braden Montgomery, p. 66
  • The Good News About Gas: The Natural Gas Revolution and Its Consequences John Deutch, p. 82
  • The Political Power of Social Media: Technology, the Public Sphere, and Political Change Clay Shirky, p. 28
  • The Softer Side of War: Exploring the Influence of Culture on Military Doctrine Peter R Mansoor, p. 164
  • West Is Best? Why Civilizations Rise and Fall Timur Kuran, p. 159
  • Why Moscow Says No: A Question of Russian Interests, Not Psychology Andrei Shleifer, Daniel Treisman, p. 122
  • Why the Rich Are Getting Richer: American Politics and the Second Gilded Age Robert C Lieberman, p. 154

Foreign Affairs, 90(2), 2011

  • A G-Zero World: The New Economic Club Will Produce Conflict, Not Cooperation Ian Bremmer, Nouriel Roubini, p. 2
  • Arms Sales for India: How Military Trade Could Energize U.S.-Indian Relations Sunil Dasgupta, Stephen P Cohen, p. 22
  • China's Search for a Grand Strategy: A Rising Great Power Finds Its Way Wang Jisi, p. 68
  • Currencies Aren't the Problem: Fix Domestic Policy, Not Exchange Rates Raghuram Rajan, p. 104
  • Currency Wars, Then and Now: How Policymakers Can Avoid the Perils of the 1930s Liaquat Ahamed, p. 92
  • Fighting the Laws of War: Protecting Civilians in Asymmetric Conflict Charli Carpenter, p. 146
  • From Innovation to Revolution: Do Social Media Make Protests Possible? Malcolm Gladwell, Clay Shirky, p. 153
  • Germany's Immigration Dilemma: How Can Germany Attract the Workers It Needs? Tamar Jacoby, p. 8
  • Getting China to Sanction Iran: The Chinese-Iranian Oil Connection Erica Downs, Suzanne Maloney, p. 15
  • How al Qaeda Works: What the Organization's Subsidiaries Say About Its Strength Leah Farrall, p. 128
  • Iraq, From Surge to Sovereignty: Winding Down the War in Iraq Emma Sky, p. 117
  • The Advantages of an Assertive China: Responding to Beijing's Abrasive Diplomacy Thomas J Christensen, p. 54
  • The Indian-Pakistani Divide: Why India Is Democratic and Pakistan Is Not Christophe Jaffrelot, p. 140
  • The Post-Washington Consensus: Development After the Crisis Nancy Birdsall, Francis Fukuyama, p. 45
  • The Tea Party and American Foreign Policy: What Populism Means for Globalism Walter Russell Mead, p. 28
  • The War Over Containing Iran: Can a Nuclear Iran Be Stopped? Dima Adamsky, Karim Sadjadpour, Diane de Gramont, Shahram Chubin, et al., p. 155
  • Will China's Rise Lead to War? Why Realism Does Not Mean Pessimism Charles Glaser, p. 80

International Security, 35(4), 2011

  • Preventing Enemy Coalitions: How Wedge Strategies Shape Power Politics Timothy W. Crawford, 155–189.
  • The Security Curve and the Structure of International Politics: A Neorealist Synthesis Davide Fiammenghi, 126–154.
  • The Right to Be Right: Civil-Military Relations and the Iraq Surge Decision Peter D. Feaver, 87–125.
  • Europe's Troubles: Power Politics and the State of the European Project Sebastian Rosato, 45–86.
  • Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment Paul K. MacDonald, Joseph M. Parent, 7–44.

Journal of Peace Research 48(1), 2011

  • Christopher S P Magee and Tansa George Massoud, Openness and internal conflict
  • Eric Neumayer and Thomas Plümper, Foreign terror on Americans
  • Ifat Maoz, Does contact work in protracted asymmetrical conflict? Appraising 20 years of reconciliation-aimed encounters between Israeli Jews and Palestinians
  • Joseph K Young and Laura Dugan, Veto players and terror
  • Krista E Wiegand, Militarized territorial disputes: States’ attempts to transfer reputation for resolve
  • Luis de la Calle and Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca, The quantity and quality of terrorism: The DTV dataset
  • Marie Olson Lounsbery and Alethia H Cook, Rebellion, mediation, and group change: An empirical investigation of competing hypotheses
  • Michael Mousseau, Urban poverty and support for Islamist terror: Survey results of Muslims in fourteen countries
  • Toby J Rider, Michael G Findley, and Paul F Diehl, Just part of the game? Arms races, rivalry, and war

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 55(1), 2011

  • Ravi Bhavnani, Dan Miodownik, Hyun Jin Choi. Three Two Tango: Territorial Control and Selective Violence in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. 133-158
  • Jennifer Kavanagh. Selection, Availability, and Opportunity: The Conditional Effect of Poverty on Terrorist Group Participation. 106-132
  • Orlandrew Danzell. Political Parties: When Do They Turn to Terror?. 85-105
  • Juan Benito, Pablo Brañas-Garza, Penélope Hernández, Juan Sanchis. Sequential versus Simultaneous Schelling Models: Experimental Evidence. 60-84
  • Krista Wiegand, Emilia Powell. Past Experience, Quest for the Best Forum, and Peaceful Attempts to Resolve Territorial Disputes. 33-59
  • Susan Olzak. Does Globalization Breed Ethnic Discontent? 3-32

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 5(1), 2011

  • Creating 'Partners for Peace': The Palestinian Authority and the International Statebuilding Agenda Mandy Turner Pages 1 - 21
  • International Statebuilding and Contentious Universities in Kosovo Nina den Boer; Chris van der Borgh Pages 67 - 88
  • JISB Interview: Kosova in Dependence: From Stability of Crisis to the Crisis of Stability Albin Kurti Pages 89 - 97
  • Postwar Reconstruction, the Reverse Course and the New Way Forward: Bis Repetitas? Jeff Bridoux Pages 43 - 66
  • The EU's Military Operation in Chad and the Central African Republic: An Operation to Save Lives? Giovanna Bono Pages 23 - 42

Political Science Quarterly, 125(4), 2010

  • Robert Jervis. Policy and Politics in the United Kingdom and the United States: A Review Essay. p.685-700
  • Tarik Ouzlu. Turkey and Europeanization of Foreign Policy?. p. 657-683
  • Loree Bykerk, Ardith Maney. Consumer Protection Policy Issues on the Congressional Agenda. p.639-655
  • Brian Glenn. Conservatives and American Political Development. p.611-638
  • Raúl Madrid. The Origins of the Two Lefts in Latin America. p.587-609
  • Stephen Benedict Dyson. George W. Bush, the Surge, and Presidential Leadership. p.557-585

Security Dialogue 42(1), 2011

Scott Watson
The ‘human’ as referent object?: Humanitarianism as securitization, 3-20.

Jonathan Gilmore
A kinder, gentler counter-terrorism: Counterinsurgency, human security and the War on Terror, 21-37.

Sean Lawson
Articulation, antagonism, and intercalation in Western military imaginaries, 39-56.

Christophe Wasinski
On making war possible: Soldiers, strategy, and military grand narrative, 57-76.

Jonas Wolff and Iris Wurm
Towards a theory of external democracy promotion: A proposal for theoretical classification, 77-96.

Simon Reid-Henry
Spaces of security and development: An alternative mapping of the security–development nexus, 97-104.

Maria Stern and Joakim Öjendal
Mapping security–development: A question of methodology?
105-110

Small Wars and Insurgencies, 22(1), 2011

  • A transformed insurgency: The strategy of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in the light of communist insurgency theories and a modified Beaufrean exterior/interior framework Mika Kerttunen, 78-118
  • Analyzing Taliban taranas (chants): an effective Afghan propaganda artifact Thomas H. Johnson; Ahmad Waheed, 3-31
  • Global counterinsurgency and US army expansion: the case for recruiting foreign troops Kevin D. Stringer, 142-169
  • The artful use of national power: Portuguese Angola (1961–1974) John P. Cann, 196-225
  • The strategic utility of New Zealand Special Forces Rhys Ball, 119-141
  • Traffickers, terrorists, and a ‘new security challenge’: Russian counternarcotics strategy and the Federal Service for the Control of the Drugs Trade Bettina Renz, 55-77
  • Trinitarian troubles: governmental, military, and societal explanations for post-1945 Western failures in asymmetric conflicts Bart Schuurman, 32-54
  • Winning hearts and minds to lose control: exploring various consequences of popular support in counterinsurgency missions Nori Katagiri, 170-195

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 34(4), 2011

  • Could Suicide Terrorists Actually Be Suicidal? Adam Lankford, 337-366
  • When Terrorism as Strategy Fails: Dissident Irish Republicans and the Threat to British Security Aaron Edwards, 318-336
  • Gender, Jihad, and Jingoism : Women as Perpetrators, Planners, and Patrons of Militancy in Kashmir Swati Parashar, 295-317
  • Negotiating Hostage Crises with the New Terrorists Adam Dolnik; Keith M. Fitzgerald, 267-294

Strategic Comments, 17( 1), 2011

  • China's J-20: future rival for air dominance? Pages 1 - 3
  • Gulf of Mexico spill: the longer-term impact Pages 1 - 3
  • North Korea's uranium programme heightens concern Pages 1 - 4
  • South Asia still beset by violent extremism Pages 1 - 3
  • WikiLeaks: the price of sharing data Pages 1 - 3

Strategic Comments 17(2), 2011

  • Bread and protests: the return of high food prices Pages 1 - 3
  • Clear, hold, hand over: NATO's Afghan transition plan Pages 1 - 3
  • Russian navy's regeneration plans Pages 1 - 3
  • Stuxnet: targeting Iran's nuclear programme Pages 1 - 3
  • The OSCE's uncertain future Pages 1 - 3

Survival 53(1), 2011

  • Al-Qaeda and the Struggle for Yemen Sarah Phillips Pages 95 - 120
  • Can Bad Governance be Good for Development? Sam Wilkin Pages 61 - 76
  • Climate Change and Security at the Third Pole Katherine Morton Pages 121 - 132
  • Iraq: Back to the Future Raad Alkadiri Pages 5 - 12
  • Mobilising Cyber Power Alexander Klimburg Pages 41 - 60
  • Policing the Waves: Maritime Paramilitaries in the Asia-Pacific Christian Le Mière Pages 133 - 146
  • Stuxnet and the Future of Cyber War James P. Farwell; Rafal Rohozinski Pages 23 - 40
  • The Korean Crises and Sino-American Rivalry Benjamin Schreer; Brendan Taylor Pages 13 - 19
  • The Socio-economics of Geopolitical Change Peter J. Munson Pages 77 - 94

Survival 53(2), 2011

  • A Post-Secular World? Cesare Merlini Pages 117 - 130
  • America and Egypt After the Uprisings Marc Lynch Pages 31 - 42
  • China's Vulnerability Trap Jonathan Holslag Pages 77 - 88
  • Exploring the Maze: Counter-proliferation Intelligence Michael Crawford Pages 131 - 158
  • Global Warming and the Arab Spring Sarah Johnstone; Jeffrey Mazo Pages 11 - 17
  • Hizbullah's Political Strategy Lina Khatib Pages 61 - 76
  • Politics and the Army in Egypt Ibrahim A. Karawan Pages 43 - 50
  • Reform and Rebirth in the Middle East Alanoud Al Sharekh Pages 51 - 60
  • Resetting the US-China Security Relationship Lyle J. Goldstein Pages 89 - 116
  • Towards Two Sudans Peter Woodward Pages 5 - 10
  • Waking the Arabs Elham Fakhro; Emile Hokayem Pages 21 - 30

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