International Security Archives

Mon. Dec 8th, 2025

Africa Asia Pacific Essays Identity Politics International Security Non-State Actors / IGOs Political Economy World World News

De Facto Diplomacy: Taiwan’s Quest for Ontological Security in Somaliland

December 3, 2025

Bilateral ties between Taiwan and Somaliland strengthen each state’s identity and ontological security through strategic narrative engagement.

Africa International Security Non-State Actors / IGOs Terrorism and Crime World World News

Does the ICC Work? Legal Innovation and Political Constraints in Global Justice

November 17, 2025

The ICC has advanced international law, but its enforcement remains constrained by geopolitics, reflecting the power imbalances it seeks to correct.

Essays Europe Foreign Policy International Security Regions World World News

Crisis of Secrecy: The Weaponisation of Ambiguity in Covert Action

November 10, 2025

Exploiting the erosion of plausible deniability, Russia leverages ambiguity and exposure to intensify confusion in adversaries and expand its influence.

Essays International Security Middle East Non-State Actors / IGOs World World News

Woman at War: Female Combatant Participation in the PYD and ISIS

October 17, 2025

Strategic and organizational considerations play a more decisive role in shaping women’s combat participation in violent political groups.

Essays Global Ethics Identity Politics International Law International Security International Theory World World News

Cognitive and Ethical Implications of the Drone as an Agential Actor in War

October 2, 2025

Drones reshape our ethical reasoning. They have a formative effect on the pilot’s cognition and the legal and moral frameworks the individual is situated within.

Africa Essays Europe International Security Non-State Actors / IGOs Regions World World News

EUCAP Nestor and EUFOR Chad/CAR: The EU’s Role as a Global Security Actor

September 4, 2025

From 2008 to 2014, EU security operations in Africa revealed a clash between human security principles and members’ national interests, undermining the EU’s global role.

Essays Europe Foreign Policy International History International Security Regions World World News

Hybrid Threats and the Evolution of Russian Sabotage

August 26, 2025

Present-day Russian sabotage mirrors Soviet-era doctrine of escalation and target selection but harnesses cyber-enabled technologies and emerging Western vulnerabilities.

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De Facto Diplomacy: Taiwan’s Quest for Ontological Security in Somaliland

Does the ICC Work? Legal Innovation and Political Constraints in Global Justice

Crisis of Secrecy: The Weaponisation of Ambiguity in Covert Action

Woman at War: Female Combatant Participation in the PYD and ISIS

Cognitive and Ethical Implications of the Drone as an Agential Actor in War

EUCAP Nestor and EUFOR Chad/CAR: The EU’s Role as a Global Security Actor

Hybrid Threats and the Evolution of Russian Sabotage

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