English Articles
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Is China Buying Ports or Buying into the Liberal Rules based order?
Abstract: For several years, the People’s Republic of China has been expanding its political and economic engagement in Africa. As part of the “Belt and Road Initiative” launched in 2013, Chinese entities have been financing and building ports in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. With the opening of the first Chinese military base on foreign territory… Read More
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Nagorno-Karabakh and Eastern Partnership – Is There A Role For the EU?
Abstract: Where reconciliation does not take place, conflict does not freeze – in the worst case, one war is followed by another. A cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, mediated by the OSCE’s Minsk group, was agreed in 1994, but no lasting peace was achieved. Violence flared up again and again in and around the so-called… Read More
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Reviewing EU Strategic Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World Order
Abstract: Strategic foreign policy is what the EU needs to master, rising to the challenges of the 21st century. In this, it needs to strive for agency across the board and not just primarily on the civilian side of sustainable development. Beyond building peace, it has to face adversity while cultivating strategic cooperation in a… Read More
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Chinese and Indian Approaches towards the Upcoming Asian Order
Abstract: China is a near-peer competitor to the US and desires to become a superpower, but will settle for global multipolarity at the moment. However, an Asian order dominated by China is a precursor to China achieving its superpower ambitions. India cannot accept a China-dominated Asia due to its own ambitions, threat perceptions and strategic… Read More
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The F-35 As the Future of Air-to-Air Warfare
Abstract: Let´s take a closer look at the future of air-to-air warfare and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the fifth-generation replacement for the aging fleet of western, mostly US-built fourth-generation (4, 4+, 4++) fighter aircraft. A direct comparison between the two generations would not be sensible due to the different concepts and philosophies of each.… Read More
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The Normative Impact of the United States’ War on Terror Since 9/11
Abstract: This work advocates a Poststructuralist view of global terrorism norms, broadly defined, highlighting the understated role of the United States in determining established conceptions of terror. It outlines the US strategy to globally diffuse a purposive representation of terror, which has conditioned international behaviour towards terrorism both in discourse and in practice. Furthermore, the… Read More
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Youth Protests for Police Reform in Nigeria
Abstract: Apart from attracting attention from international media and foreign governments, the recent youth uprising in Nigeria occasioned by the call for police reform rattled its federal and state governments. It similarly queried the fundamental principles in regard to policing in Nigeria. Most observers described the development as a movement that pushed Nigerian authorities to… Read More
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Cyber Power between Fiction and Reality (ll)
Abstract: This paper will demonstrate how the dependence on cyberspace and bad actors’ ability to use it to magnify the cumulative effects of certain activities can result in a hybrid effect. The aforementioned phenomenon has the capability to further evolve into a security threat. In particular, the links between cyberspace’s characteristics and the emergence of… Read More
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Cyber Power between Fiction and Reality
Abstract: This paper will demonstrate how the dependence on cyberspace and bad actors’ ability to use it to magnify the cumulative effects of certain activities can result in a hybrid effect. The aforementioned phenomenon has the capability to further evolve into a security threat. In particular, the links between cyberspace’s characteristics and the emergence of… Read More
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A Moving Experience: Evolving Theoretical Frameworks for Electromagnetic Manoeuvre
Abstract: Those who control the spectrum control the battle. Militaries can no longer prevail on the battlefield unless they achieve superiority and supremacy in the electromagnetic spectrum because of the ever-growing reliance armed forces place on the spectrum. This is because the spectrum is used extensively to enhance situational awareness, for command and control and… Read More
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