Security Policy
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FARC Peace Accords: The Façade of Peace
Abstract: This paper seeks to highlight the underlying security issues of the 2016 FARC Peace Accord, and the road that lies ahead. By understanding the initial goals of the peace process, we will be able to better understand the issues it is currently facing and how the accords have failed to achieve even some of… Read More
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Turkey Sanitizes Failed Reconciliation Attempts
Abstract: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Saudi Arabia to meet King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on April 28, at first in 5 years. The visit was highly anticipated as both parties tried to bridge the gap in their relations and move ahead. There have been tensions in Turkish-Saudi Arabian relations for… Read More
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Pakistan’s National Security Policy: An Analysis
Abstract: Pakistan’s National Security Policy (NSP) was released on January 14th, 2022. It outlines the nation’s aspirations and goals and includes vital aspects of a national policy such as human rights, zero-tolerance against terrorism, equality, and gender neutrality. Although the NSP is a commendable effort, it lacks clarity on many fronts. This article aims to… Read More
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Truce In Yemen: A Possible Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Abstract: The Yemeni war is, and has been ongoing since 2015. However, a plausible development in the war was the first nationwide truce declared in 2016. Saudi Arabia announced the United Nations (UN) brokered truce on the 2nd of April 2022 – the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. The move was appreciated… Read More
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EU Strategic Compass: A Stress Test
Abstract: Matters of EU security and defense and, therefore, strategy cannot be isolated from concepts such as sovereignty or national strategic culture. The key question is: How to structure/operationalize EU strategic autonomy? The answer is still at the political level. In the meantime, certain aspects of EU defense, one major one being defense of the… Read More
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Pakistan – A Moment Of Reckoning
Abstract: Inherent instability and permanent chaos in an image of a worn-out rope bridge over a ravine is a defining feature of the state of Pakistan. In recent years, two vital lifelines of the state: foreign aid/loan pipeline and cohesion of military – country’s sole powerful institution – have dwindled and eroded. This unprecedented double… Read More
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The Case For “Fort Trump”
Abstract: Andrej Duda’s offer to host in Poland US Troops that would have been withdrawn from Germany was widely seen as an attempt to curry favour from the then-contemporary Trump administration. However, when we view this offer dispassionately, we can see a strategic argument that basing US and other NATO forces in Poland makes strategic… Read More
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Effective Sovereignty in the 21st Century
Abstract: Much has been said about globalisation. Despite being a multiple-meaning term with controversial connotations, it is almost universally understood to apply to the exogenous environment circumstances of economic and other forces that have been generated in recent decades, owing especially to the reduced costs and time needed for the transit of goods and a… Read More
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The Impact of Narcoseries on the Acceptance of Hard-Line Security Policies: The Mexican Case
Abstract: This paper explores the role a specific kind of entertainment product may have on higher acceptance of violence and of ‘hard line’ security policies to combat it; the author analyses so-called narcoseries through a review of communication concepts within cultivation theory, and explains how they use narrative to create empathy for violent protagonists, thus… Read More
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Cultivating The Capability For Connectivity: A Perspective For Ireland’s International Security
Abstract: With the launch of the Public Consultation on International Security Policy in Ireland, the Irish people are being asked to discuss how they see their future international security policy. Being an island nation with a history of colonial repression and a presence built upon a deeply internationalised trade; Ireland must ensure that the latter… Read More
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