Category: Conflict & Security
169 Articles
- Conflict & Security
The Illegal Wildlife Trade-Green Militarization Nexus Provokes Unsustainable Environmental Conflict
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) has been met with a heavy-handed and increasingly militarized response, or what scholarship has labeled green militarization. This intervention…
January 9, 2023
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Why Extremist Insurgencies Spread: Insights from the Sahel
The disconnect between what truly drives the contagion of violent extremism in Africa and governments’ attempts at countering violent extremism and anti-terrorism programs has…
January 2, 2023
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China-Solomon Islands Security Agreement and Competition for Influence in Oceania
The China-Solomon Islands security agreement alarms Western countries concerned about China’s growing influence in Oceania. While the agreement is unlikely to result in the…
December 2, 2022
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The One-China Policy in Transition
The United States’ One-China policy has been at the center of recent controversy. Rebutting Beijing’s accusations that Washington is changing the status quo, US officials…
November 7, 2022
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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’…
July 19, 2022
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China’s Efforts to Isolate and Intimidate Taiwan Are Pushing U.S. Allies Closer
For all the uncertainty surrounding the evolution of China’s strategy towards Taiwan, Beijing’s ultimate goal is clear. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks nothing less…
July 5, 2022
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India, Israel, and Geopolitical Imaginaries of Cooperation and Oppression
The contemporary global moment requires us to be alert to the multiple trajectories of repression. Tactics and technologies circulate amongst and between democracies and…
June 17, 2022
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Risks of Nuclear Escalation after the End of War in Ukraine
When Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West that “whoever tries to interfere with what we are doing and, even worse, creates threats to our country… must know that…
May 30, 2022
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Principles or Pragmatism? How to React to West Africa’s Slew of Coups
It has become an all too familiar scenario in West Africa: men in military fatigues appear on national television to solemnly announce that the president has been deposed and the…
May 5, 2022
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Questions of Justice, Governance, and Rule of Law Surround the Local Elections in Senegal
This year has already been a momentous one for Senegal. In early February, President Macky Sall took over the Chairmanship of the African Union. The next day, Senegal’s…
April 15, 2022