Security Strategy
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Contributions From Space: How Far Could Investments Into Space Take Humanity?
Abstract: Investing in space exploration can benefit humanity. Further investment in the aerospace sector could potentially lead to technological advancements, scientific discoveries, and perhaps the possibility of interstellar travel. It sounds far-fetched, but various industries, including healthcare, transportation, and agriculture, stand to gain from such advancements. Space research might improve our understanding of the universe,… Read more →
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State Your Case: The European Union Needs To Embrace Realism Before It’s Too Late
Abstract: As global geopolitics are shifting towards profound competition between China and the United States, and with Russia engaging in a war against Ukraine, the authors advocate for a European realism based on a robust economy and a modernised military. Acknowledging that all successful grand strategies begin with domestic policies to consolidate material power, we… Read more →
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Iraq’s Role In The New U.S./Israel – Iran Confrontation In The Middle East
Abstract: Amid the ongoing global crisis, the Middle East is once again becoming the chessboard of critical military dynamics. Iran has presented a primary foreign policy challenge for the United States since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Over the last decades, the U.S. and Israel have engaged in a hybrid war with Iran and its… Read more →
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Integrating Japan Into Regional Architecture Through Security Collaboration With Singapore
Abstract: With the launch of Japan’s 2022 National Security Strategy and substantial increases to its defence budget for the foreseeable future, Japan looks set to take a more assertive role in Southeast Asia. However, Japan must carefully approach this objective to avoid sparking unnecessary tension in a region of cautious hedgers. This essay highlights how… Read more →
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Russian Arctic Strategy And NATO Enlargement: Perceived Challenges And Possible Responses
Abstract: Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland submitted official applications for admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on May 18, 2022. Once they gain full membership, the security architecture in Europe will significantly change, and the existing geopolitical landscape in the wider Arctic region will also be transformed. Aware of… Read more →
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International Relations And Rationality: A Theoretical Test Of Rational Choice And Cognitive Limits
Abstract: Are states rational actors? If so, why do states in the Asia-Pacific make different security strategies despite the relatively equal security setting? This paper seeks to test two theories: Rational Choice Theory (RCT) and the Cognitive Limits Theory (CLT) in the Asia-Pacific. In the said region, pro-American middle powers neighbour the People’s Republic of… Read more →
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The PRC: International Stimulus, Strategic Culture And Resulting Domestic Policies
Abstract: This article deals with the effect of systemic stimulus as an independent variable, the strategic culture dominated by fear as an intervening variable, the resulting domestic policies as a dependent variable, and how these policies can endanger the state’s survival. The measures taken by China in recent years by gradually closing the country to… Read more →
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A Strategy For A Geopolitical European Union
Abstract: The great power competition is increasingly stifling conflicts — from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine to China becoming an assertive global player and strategic rival to the liberal world order. Accordingly, the European Union (EU) is under great pressure to play an active geopolitical role in international affairs and conflicts. Currently, Russia’s war in… Read more →
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Population Crisis: A Challenge To South Korea’s Military
Abstract: South Korea, a country – technically – at war with North Korea, faces a population crisis with a decreasing birthrate and growing aging population. Scholarly reports point out that today, the South Korean military works with a manpower level of about 590,000 personnel; however, it is predicted that by 2039, the number of men… Read more →
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Influence of Cognitive Warfare on National Will to Fight
Abstract: Cognitive Warfare (CW) aims “to change not only what people think, but how they think and act” and “it shapes and influences individual and group beliefs and behaviors to favor an aggressor’s tactical or strategic objectives. The cognitive domain remains the least explored space of competition that, just like any other sphere of influence,… Read more →
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