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Bridging the Gulf: Turkey’s forward base in Qatar
Global Britain in the Gulf: Brexit and relations with the GCC
Thinking Twice about Iran’s Missile Trends: The Threat is Real but Different than Predicted
War and opportunity: the Turkistan Islamic Party and the Syrian conflict
Yamal LNG: an economic project under political pressure
Satisfaction, frustration and vigilance for the JCPOA’s first anniversary
The political and military implications of the Minsk 2 agreements
Archives 2015
26/2015 Code of conduct on space activities: unsolved critiques and the question of its identity, Lucia Marta, December 2015
22/2015 The European Union is losing its global clout, Pierre Verluise, November 2015
19/2015 The NPT Review Conference: Analyzing the Outcome, Emmanuelle Maître, October 2015
14/2015 Fallout: the defence, industrial and technological benefits of nuclear deterrence, Bruno Tertrais, June 2015
12/2015 The "humanitarian dimension" of nuclear disarmament: a legitimate debate?, Bruno Tertrais, June 2015
10/2015 Deterrence according to François Hollande, Bruno Tertrais, June 2015
06/2015 Why should Humanitarian NGOs avoid calling for military interventions?, Manuel Ortega, March 2015
05/2015 The Ukrainian Crisis: between the Identity Policy and Confrontation to the “Russian World”, Yulia Tyshchenko, February 2015
04/2015 From proliferation to arms race Nuclear challenges in Asia, Morgane Farghen, February 2015
Archives 2014
19/2014 The Russian-Ukrainian War and the European Security, Marek Menkiszak, December 2014
15/2014 A New European Security Order: The Ukraine Crisis and the Missing Post-Cold War Bargain, Samuel Charap & Jeremy Shapiro, December 2014
10/2014 Implications of the Ukraine crisis for security, non-proliferation and deterrence in North East Asia, Morgane Farghen, May 2014
03/2014 Great Unfulfilled Expectations: Russia’s Security Dialogue with Europe (Programme Nordika), Dr Szymon Kardaś, February 2014
Archives 2013
29/2013 Russia and the Nordic region: challenges and prospects for cooperation between the EU and Russia, Katri Pynnöniemi, December 2013
27/2013 Prevention and management of election-related violence in Kenya : Awareness campaigns and freedom of speech, Mathieu Mérino, November 2013
26/2013 Security of Supply Challenges and European Defence Technological and Industrial Base : Debates & Dilemmas (II), Hélène Masson (ed.), Antonio Fonfría, Alessandro Marrone, Harri Mikkola, Marcin Terlikowski, October 2013
24/2013 Foreign Fighters in Syria: Still Doing Battle, Still a Multidimensional Danger, Sharon L. Cardash, Frank J. Cilluffo, Jean-Luc Marret, August 2013
23/2013 Defining the « European Defence Technological and Industrial Base »: Debates & Dilemmas (I), Hélène Masson (ed.), Christian Mölling, Keith Hartley, Martin Lundmark, Krzysztof Soloch, July 2013
21/2013 Nordic Defence cooperation: Background, current trends and future prospects, Juha Jokela & Tuomas Iso-Markku, June 2013
19/2013 NORDIKA Programme - Visegrad Group defense cooperation: what added value for the European capabilities?, Madej Marek, June 2013
18/2013 Regulatory and economic instruments in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050: financial impacts on industry?, Alexandre Taithe, June 2013
12/2013 Synergies between EU and NATO? Specialisation as the litmus test for “Smart Defence” and “Pooling and Sharing” , Claudia Major & Christian Mölling, May 2013
10/2013 NATO Military Partnerships: The US National Guard State Partnership as the driving force for pre-accession and long-term cooperation, Samir Battiss, May 2013
08/2013 Africa and the Chemical Weapons Convention, Noël Stott, April 2013
07/2013 Known and Unknowns: President Obama’s Lethal Drone Doctrine, Jaclyn Tandler, April 2013
04/2013 French defence policy in a time of uncertainties, Yves Boyer, January 2013
Archives 2012
08/2012 Any Chance for Inclusive Intergovernmentalism? The Prospects for a Franco-Polish Partnership in the European Union, Elżbieta Kaca & Krzysztof Soloch, October 2012
05/2012 On the Road to disengagement? Envisioning a long-term strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Michael F. Harsch, Hannes Ebert, and Lindsay P. Cohn, May 2012
Archives 2011
18/2011 How to address the subnational actor threat and effective national participation in the biological non-proliferation regime, Elisande Nexon & Angela Woodward, November 2011
14/2011 Security Guarantees and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Bruno Tertrais, August 2011
13/2011 Oslo terrorist attacks: Analysis, consequences and lessons learned, Jean-Luc Marret & Emmanuel Clavaud, August 2011
08/2011 EU Mission in Kosovo (EULEX): Constructing Ambiguity or Constructive Disunity?, David Cadier, June 2011
05/2011 The next step after Japan? (Virtual reality, training and crisis management), Emmanuel Clavaud, June 2011
Archives 2010
07/2010 The Role and Perception of China after the Crisis, Valérie Niquet, August 2010
Archives 2009
04/2009 The Political and Strategic Conditions of Nuclear Disarmament, Bruno Tertrais, June 2009
Archives 2008
10/2008 The West and post-Putin Russia: does Russia “leave the West”?, Isabelle Facon, April 2008
09/2008 Uncertain Afghanistan, Yves Boyer & Franz Borkenhagen, April 2008
Archives 2007
02/2007 For a consistent policy in the struggle against proliferation networks, Bruno Gruselle & Guillaume Schlumberger, January 2007
Archives 2006
36/2006 Proliferation networks : between Sopranos and Supermarket, Guillaume Schlumberger & Bruno Gruselle, August 2006