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Europe’s Armed Forces in Civil Security (65702)
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Defense Policy and Reforms in Bulgaria since the End of the Cold War: A Critical Analysis (64384)
NATO Nuclear Deterrence: The Warsaw Summit and Beyond (61812)
Introduction to Program-based Defense Resource Management (58569)
Global Dimensions of Organized Crime and Ways of Preventing Threats at International Level (57622)
Hybrid War: High-tech, Information and Cyber Conflicts (57440)
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NATO SeaSparrow Program: Cooperation Based on Trust (56168)
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Facing an Unpredictable Threat: Is NATO Ideally Placed to Manage Climate Change as a Non-Traditional Threat Multiplier? (46749)
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Post-Soviet States Between Russia and the EU: Reviving Geopolitical Competition? A Dual Perspective (45394)
Gender and the Security Sector: Towards a More Secure Future (44966)
Strategic Communication for Security & National Defense: Proposal for an Interdisciplinary Approach (42787)
Energy Security: A Paradigm Shift (43144)
Maritime Piracy as a Form of Organized Crime: A Strategic Management Approach (42177)
The Relevance of Clausewitz’s Theory of War to Contemporary Conflict Resolution (41870)
Common Ground: U.S. and NATO Engagement with Russia in the Cyber Domain (41917)
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Russia vs. EU/US through Georgia and Ukraine (41210)
NATO and the South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia on Different Tracks (41118)
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Central Asia and the Afghanistan Security Dilemma: Amelioration, Retrograde, or Status Quo? Central Asia’s Role in Regional Security Regarding Afghanistan after 2014 (40514)
The Role of Teaching History for a Nation-Building Process in a Post-Conflict Society: The Case of Macedonia (40376)
The Bundeswehr and Female Soldiers: The Integration of Women into the Armed Forces (2000–2015) (39947)
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Karachi: Organized Crime in a Key Megacity (37817)
Non-State Actors in the Russo-Ukrainian War (37782)
Beyond Defense Planning (37197)
Russia and the Caucasus (36602)
Ballistic Missile Defense in Poland: Did the Costs Outweigh the Benefits? (36823)
Islamic State Enters Al-Qaeda’s Old Hotbed: Afghanistan and Pakistan (36015)
Heirs of Abu Bakr: On the Ideology and Conception of History in al-Qaeda and Islamic State (35880)
Conflict in Kosovo through the Conceptual Framework of Stakeholders (35814)
The Kosovo War in a Constructivist Perspective (36192)
Ukraine’s Security Sector Reform: Is Ukraine Taking Western Advice? (35571)
Russian Politics in Times of Change: Internal and External Factors of Transformation (35935)
The Mole and the Mallet: Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the ‘Thirty Years' War’ in the Middle East (35006)
How Russia, Step by Step, Wants to Regain an Imperial Role in the Global and European Security System (34226)
The Rise of Intelligence Studies: A Model for Germany? (34180)
The Degrees of Force Exercised in the Cyber Battlespace (34158)
Islamic State in Yemen – A Rival to al-Qaeda? (33551)
Gender Mainstreaming of the Security Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina: From the Policy Papers to Reality (33844)
Transnational Organized Crime – Latvian Challenges and Responses (33490)
A Changing Security Paradigm. New Roles for New Actors – The Russian Approach (33490)
Eurasian Economic Union and the Difficulties of Integration: The Case of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (34053)
How Do Social Media Affect Intra-State Conflicts other than War? (33837)
The Bulgarian Military: In Search of New Alignments (32867)
Bulgarian Defense Reform from 1990–2008 as a Change Management Process and the Role of Integrity Building (33008)
The Military and the Fight Against Serious Crime: Lessons from the Balkans (32841)
Migrants, Housewives, Warriors or Sex Slaves: AQ’s and the Islamic State’s Perspectives on Women (32216)
Has U.S. Leadership Been Revitalized Through Barack Obama’s Innovative Use of Force? (32280)
The Young and the Normless: Al Qaeda’s Ideological Recruitment of Western Extremists (32106)
Terror-Crime Nexus? Terrorism and Arms, Drug, and Human Trafficking in Georgia (32297)
Russia and the Arab Spring (32359)
The Challenges and Role of Structures in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (31901)
Twenty First Century Defense Acquisition: Challenges and Opportunities (31828)
Making Sense of Hybrid Warfare (31233)
Cyber Operations and Gray Zones: Challenges for NATO (31228)
‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Investments: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Ukrainian Commanders but Were Afraid to Ask (30476)
Supporting Learner Mobility in SCORM-Compliant Learning Environments with ISN Mobler Cards (31145)
Critical Energy Infrastructure: Operators, NATO, and Facing Future Challenges (30949)
The Threats and Challenges of a Multipolar World: A Ukraine Crisis Case Study (30952)
Corruption in Lithuania (30391)
The Kosovo Model: A (Bad) Precedent for Conflict Management in the Caucasus? (30505)
The Future of the Sinai Peninsula (30675)
The “Rise” of China in the Eyes of Russia: A Source of Threats or New Opportunities? (30332)
Medvedev’s Proposals for a New European Security Order: A Starting Point or the End of the Story? (30032)
Terrorist Routes in Central Asia: Trafficking Drugs, Humans, and Weapons (30153)
Research Ethics in the Mobile Learning Environment (MoLE) m-Learning Project (30208)
Presenting a Strategic Model to Understand Spillover Effects of ISIS Terrorism (29368)
The “Color Revolutions” and “Arab Spring” in Russian Official Discourse (29366)
NATO and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Time to Bring It Home (29788)
Torn Asunder from Within: Ukraine and the Lessons for Global Security (29276)
The Asymmetric Warfare Environment as Described by the Participants (29624)
Russia, the EU and the South Caucasus: Forging an Efficient Over-Arching Cooperative Regional Security Scheme (29728)
Military Professionalization Programs in Kazakhstan and the United States: How to Implement and What Will We Gain? (28947)
Towards Effective Democratic Oversight of Intelligence Services: Lessons Learned from Comparing National Practices (28116)
EU-Russia Energy Diplomacy: 2010 and Beyond? (28320)
Parliamentary Attempts to Investigate Berlin’s Vehicular Ramming Attack (27888)
Britain and the Common Security and Defense Policy of the European Union (27823)
Industry and Policy: Partnerships in Disruptive Times (28288)
Beyond Counterinsurgency: Why the Concept is Failing (27895)
Rapid Reaction Capability of the European Union: Taking that Last Big Step (27494)
Biology’s Misuse Potential (27920)
A Gaming Approach to Enhancing Defense Resource Allocation (27827)
The South Caucasus Between Russia and the West: How Pragmatic are the Stakeholders’ Approaches? (27514)
NATO Enlargement to Ukraine and Georgia: Old Wine in New Bottles? (27531)
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Security Implications of Neutrality: Switzerland in the Partnership for Peace Framework 09.4.06_Andrey.pdf 8785
Russia’s Asymmetric Wars in Chechnya since 1994 08.4.05_Malek.pdf 8715
The Military and its Civilian Environment: Reflections on a Theory of Civil-Military Relations 01.4.06_kummel.pdf 8955
Transnational Organized Crime – Latvian Challenges and Responses 15.3.03_loskutovs_latvia.pdf 8734
Biology’s Misuse Potential 15.2.04_lentzos_biology_misuse.pdf 8710
Biology’s Misuse Potential 15.2.04_lentzos_biology_misuse_rus.pdf 8572
The Bulgarian Military: In Search of New Alignments 03.4.08_nikolov.pdf 8787
The Bulgarian Military: In Search of New Alignments 03.4.08_nikolov.pdf 8778
Defense Academy Excellence Cyprus in Europe: Solving the Cyprus Problem by Europeanizing it? 03.1.09_zervakis.pdf 8598
EU-Russia Energy Diplomacy: 2010 and Beyond? 09.4.01_Dimitrova.pdf 8561
Vigilant Eagle: Kazakhstan’s Assistance to ISAF in Afghanistan 10.3.05_mcdermott.pdf 8615
Terrorism—A Cultural Phenomenon? 04.1.04_serafim.pdf 8555
Nanotechnology and Global Security 15.2.03_ionescu_nanotechnology.pdf 9090
Nanotechnology and Global Security 15.2.03_ionescu_nanotechnology_rus.pdf 8857
NATO Intelligence and Information Sharing: Improving NATO Strategy for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations 16.4.01_nato_intel_sharing.pdf 8651
NATO Intelligence and Information Sharing: Improving NATO Strategy for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations 16.4.01_nato_intel_sharing_rus.pdf 8435
Post-Soviet States Between Russia and the EU: Reviving Geopolitical Competition? A Dual Perspective 13.1.03_Moga_Alexeev.pdf 8095
Post-Soviet States Between Russia and the EU: Reviving Geopolitical Competition? A Dual Perspective 13.1.03_rus_moga_alexeev.pdf 8661
The Mobilization and Recruitment of Foreign Fighters: The Case of Islamic State, 2012–2014 15.3.07_orozobekova_rus.pdf 8782
The Mobilization and Recruitment of Foreign Fighters: The Case of Islamic State, 2012–2014 15.3.07_orozobekova.pdf 8550
The European Union’s Energy Security Challenges 07.1.05_belkin.pdf 8488
Countering Terrorism: Multiculturalism in Singapore 05.4.09_vasu_ramakrishna.pdf 8343
The Arab Spring: Challenges, Obstacles and Dilemmas 10.4.07_Herd_0.pdf 8440
Modeling Defense Acquisition Strategy 09.4.04_Georgiev.pdf 8594
Conditions for Securitization of International Terrorism in Central Asia 04.1.09_chernykh_burnashev.pdf 8507
The Influence of the Neoconservative Movement on U.S. Foreign Policy 08.2.07_Dusanic_Penev.pdf 8384
New Civil-Military Relations and its Research Agendas 01.2.06_forster.pdf 8341
Child Soldiers-An Integral Element in New, Irregular Wars? 03.3.01_collmer.pdf 8378
A 3D Approach to Security and Development 06.2.02_gabrielse.pdf 8254
A Game Theory Application of the Rational Actor Model to the Russo-Georgian War of August 2008 10.1.05_pochkhua_0.pdf 8423
Bulgarian Defense Reform from 1990–2008 as a Change Management Process and the Role of Integrity Building 08.3.04_Shalamanov.pdf 8263
Observations on the Role of the United Nations in Iraq in the Coming Year 03.4.09_osullivan.pdf 8267
Why Did Poland Choose The F-16? 07.1.01_seguin.pdf 8243
Policy and the Internet of Things 15.2.01_costigan_lindstrom.pdf 8303
Policy and the Internet of Things 15.2.01_costigan_lindstrom_rus.pdf 8174
Russia vs. EU/US through Georgia and Ukraine 14.2.06_matsaberidze_0.pdf 8366
Russia vs. EU/US through Georgia and Ukraine 14.2.06_matsaberidze_rus.pdf 8354
The Transatlantic Relation in Times of Multipolarity: European Security Implications 13.1.02_rus_iordan.pdf 8431
Proliferation Security Initiative: A New Formula for WMD Counter-Proliferation Efforts? 06.4.05_bochenski.pdf 8218
The Transatlantic Relation in Times of Multipolarity: European Security Implications 13.1.02_Iordan.pdf 8144
The Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Principle and Practice 01.4.07_lunn.pdf 8270
Beyond Defense Planning 01.2.08_nelson.pdf 8201
Hybrid War: High-tech, Information and Cyber Conflicts 16.2.01_hybrid_war.pdf 7788
Hybrid War: High-tech, Information and Cyber Conflicts 16.2.01_hybrid_war_rus.pdf 8603
Energy Security and Geopolitics 06.4.03_milina.pdf 8496
Cowboys in the Middle East: Private Security Companies and the Imperfect Reach of the United States Criminal Justice System 09.2.02_kovach.pdf 8132
American Foreign Policy and Islamic Renewal 05.4.02_maghraoui.pdf 7731
The Threats and Challenges of a Multipolar World: A Ukraine Crisis Case Study 15.1.02_izhak_rus.pdf 8273
The Threats and Challenges of a Multipolar World: A Ukraine Crisis Case Study 15.1.02_izhak.pdf 8099
Capabilities-Based Defense Planning: Techniques Applicable to NATO and Partnership for Peace Countries 05.1.04_young.pdf 8099
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Fergana as FATA? Central Asia After 2014 – Outcomes and Strategic Options 3
Medvedev’s Proposals for a New European Security Order: A Starting Point or the End of the Story? 3
Corruption in Lithuania 3
The Military Profession, Public Trust, and Public Interest 3
The U.S.–Russian Dispute Over Missile Defense 3
Institutionalizing Operations Analysis for Security and Defense in Bulgaria 3
Energy Security and NATO: Any Role for the Alliance? 3
Defense Institution Building in Ukraine 3
Summary of Conclusions: Combating Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) 3
Trafficking Routes and Links to Terrorism in South Eastern Europe: The Case of Romania 3
The Routes of Terrorism and Trafficking from Central Asia to Western Europe 3
U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan: Best Practices and Recommended Improvements 3
Countering Terrorism: Multiculturalism in Singapore 3
“When All Muslims Unite …”: Islamism, Identification, and Western Fears of Terrorism in Africa 3
The Soviet Legacy: Transforming Bulgaria’s Armed Forces for Homeland Security Missions 3
The Weight of History: Germany’s Military and Domestic Security 3
Homeland Security and Homeland Defense: America’s New Paradigm 3
Reforming the Security Sectors in South Eastern Europe: Lessons Learned and their Relevance for a Wider Black Sea Area Policy 3
Civilized Warriors? Professional Disciplines, Ethos, and European Armed Forces 3
Islamists in Democratic Elections: Threat or Solution? 3
Does Europe Exist as an Entity for Military Cooperation? Evolving Russian Perspectives, 1991–2004 3
Moldovan Security Politics: A Tale of Three Cities? 3
At Least in Fighting Terrorism, Transatlantic Cooperation Is Working 3
Defense Academy Excellence European Union Civilian Policing: Foreign Policy Action or Internal Security Tool 3
Having an Impact: Think Tanks and the NATO Enlargement Debate 3
International Law and the Use of Force: The Jus Ad Bellum 3
The Significance of Caspian Oil and Gas for Diversifying Energy Imports to the Visegrad Group Countries 3
The Demographic Situation in Ukraine: Present State, Tendencies, and Predictions 3
Post-September 11 Regional Geopolitics: Azerbaijan and the New Security Environment in the South Caucasus 3
Leadership in the Defense and Security Sector in the 21st Century 2
Nanotechnology and Global Security 2
Policy and the Internet of Things 2
Russia and the Arab Spring 2
NATO, Russia and European Security: Lessons Learned from Conflicts in Kosovo and Libya 2
The Future of the Sinai Peninsula 2
Defense Policy and Reforms in Bulgaria since the End of the Cold War: A Critical Analysis 2
Conditionality and Compliance: The Shaky Dimensions of NATO Influence (The Georgian Case) 2
The United States, NATO and the EU’s New Defense Role: An American Perspective 2
U.S.–Russian Cooperation in Science and Technology: A Case Study of the TOPAZ Space-Based Nuclear Reactor International Program 2
The Young and the Normless: Al Qaeda’s Ideological Recruitment of Western Extremists 2
The Degrees of Force Exercised in the Cyber Battlespace 2
The Armed Incident in Georgia’s Lopota Valley and its Implications for the Security Situation of the South Caucasus 2
Critical Energy Infrastructure: Operators, NATO, and Facing Future Challenges 2
Supporting Crisis Simulations with the ARLearn Toolkit for Mobile Serious Games 2
Research Ethics in the Mobile Learning Environment (MoLE) m-Learning Project 2
A Special Relationship: U.S. and NATO Engagement with the Partnership for Peace to Build Partner Capacity Through Education 2
Education for Reform: New Students, New Methods, New Assessments 2
The Russo-Chinese Strategic Partnership: Oil and Gas Dimensions 2
Disputes in the Arctic: Threats and Opportunities 2
Understanding Gender Mainstreaming in Modern Law Enforcement 2
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