Conflict & Security
Conflict & Security analyzes the how and why of disputes, clashes, and wars around the world. We seek to take a unique approach to security, looking not only at how conflict is carried out, but also the relationships built around it, efforts at mediation, and its effects beyond military power.
Recent Articles
Conflict & Security
Critical Undersea Infrastructures: A Framework to Address Threats in a Post-Physical Context
February 12, 2026
Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding
Conflict & Security
The Potential Implications of the Two-State Solution Act
The Two-State Solution Act, proposed by Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) and co-sponsored by several other Democrat lawmakers, may not garner enough votes to pass, but the government of Israel…
December 14, 2021
Conflict & Security
Inclusive Governance in Upper Karabakh Can Bring a Lasting Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace
The so-called “Forty-Four-Day War” between Armenia and Azerbaijan in late 2020 resulted from the abject failure of the protracted peace process that was mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group…
May 18, 2021
Conflict & Security
An Update on Preventing Violent Extremism in the Horn of Africa
According to the 2017/2018 Amnesty International Annual Report, “the world witnessed a rollback of human rights,” a trend that did not escape the HoA region. For example in Tanzania,…
August 10, 2020
Military & Defense
Conflict & Security
The North Korea Conundrum: Pyongyang’s Strategic Calculus and Future Trajectory
North Korea has catapulted back into the headlines recently with a spate of notable military activities—including several first-time tests such as that of a solid-fuel intercontinental…
May 31, 2023
Conflict & Security
China’s Efforts to Isolate and Intimidate Taiwan Are Pushing U.S. Allies Closer
July 5, 2022
Grand Strategy & Competition
Conflict & Security
Re-envisioning the “Fundamental Values” of a “Free and Open” Indo-Pacific
The Quadrilateral Dialogue (“Quad”) Leaders’ Summit on May 24 in Tokyo heralds a new era in security in the Indo-Pacific, a region shaped by a desire to contain the People’s Republic of…
July 19, 2022
Conflict & Security
Military-Technology Competition Between the United States and China
April 12, 2022
Weapons & Armament
Conflict & Security
Why the United States Doesn’t Need an “Arsenal for Democracy” – And What to do Instead
A Defense Industrial Base in Crisis?In his March 28 testimony on the Pentagon’s FY2024 budget request, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the…
May 22, 2023
Conflict & Security
November 21, 2019
Conflict & Security Editorial Staff
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SFS ’26 | Section Editor
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SFS ’28
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CAS ’28 | Editorial Assistant
SFS ’26 | Editorial Assistant
SFS ’27 | Editorial Assistant
SFS ’28
Editorial Assistant
SFS ’27 | Editorial Assistant
SFS ’28 | Editorial Assistant