Israel Update: Peace and Security, Two Elections Later

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network Israelis went to the polls twice in 2019, and the surrounding election campaigns exposed...

Border Security and the Insights of Data

Video recording of the event is available here. The rise of big data and complex analytics have altered the way that wars are...

Towards an International Political Ergonomics

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network (SSN) International Political Ergonomics (iPER) is a novel research programme focused on achieving positive-political...

The Authority Trap

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network  The Authority Trap, published by Cornell University Press: Not all international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs)...

Contemporary Security Politics and the Paradox of Territorial Integrity

Sebastian Schmidt, Johns Hopkins University For much of the history of the modern state system, the presence of a military force in...

Image, Violence, Power: Public Spectacles and the War against Islamic State

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network Islamic State has become notorious for its public displays of violence. Through slick, high-definition...

Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II

Presented by CIPS, the Security Studies Network, and the Asian Studies Centre St Antony’s College, University of Oxford How are soldiers made? Why do...

Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence against Women in Africa

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network African states have signed on to several international conventions that seek to end violence against...

What Drives the South China Sea Dispute?

Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network Most analysts and commentators concentrate on one of three considerations when attempting to explain...