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Contemporary Security Policy

At the nexus of proof and policy, we have published research on armed violence, intervention, and conflict resolution since 1980. Impact factor: 2.640 (rank #29/94 International Relations)

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  • The Paradox of the Non-Proliferation Treaty

    The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is often labelled as a cornerstone of non-proliferation and one of the main factors curbing the spread of nuclear weapons. Orion Noda, however, argues that the NPT is a nuclear proliferator; not of nuclear weapons per se, but of their symbolic value.  Read more →

  • Externalizing EU Crisis Management: The EU, OSCE and Ukraine

    The Lisbon Treaty should have turned the EU into a more efficient global crisis manager. Yet Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré finds that the EU has relied on third parties to achieve its crisis management objectives, essentially externalizing its activities to actors over which it has no control. Read more →

  • The Erosion of the Global Nuclear Order

    Starting early in the atomic age, states developed international arrangements intended to reduce the danger of nuclear war. Jeffrey W. Knopf describes the international nuclear order, identifies signs of erosion in that order, and proposes some short-term measures to help arrest these adverse trends. Read more →

  • Strategic narratives in the Sino-American COVID-19 “blame game”

    Linus Hagström and Karl Gustafsson analyze the Sino-American narrative struggle over the meaning of COVID-19. They argue that the limited success of Chinese and U.S. efforts to gain support for their strategic narratives about the pandemic illustrates the limitations of strategic narratives as both concept and political practice. Read more →

  • Global Britain in the grey zone

    Vladimir Rauta and Sean Monaghan analyze the new UK Integrated Review to understand how the United Kingdom attempts to grapple with its hybrid policy. They argue that this presents a good blueprint for thinking about some of the questions grey zone poses, not just for the UK but for all Western allies. Read more →

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