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Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia International Law & Policy Peace & Conflict Studies Trevor Schenk

One Man’s Colour Revolution is Another Man’s Great Crimean Heist

A look at the new Russian security doctrine, its impact on Ukraine and its potential consequences for future uprisings and revolutions.

Africa Global Horizons Peace & Conflict Studies Scott Falls Security

Revisiting Rwanda: The Roots of Genocide (Part I)

April 6, 2014, marked the twentieth anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide. In Part I of his series examining the crisis, Scott Falls discusses the history of Rwanda and the origins of ethnic conflict.

Culture James Keeling Rights Society Society, Culture, and Security

A Progressivism Second to Nun? Pope Francis and Women’s Right to Priesthood

James Keeling discusses Pope Francis’ debated progressivism when it comes to women’s right to priesthood.

Culture David Hunter Development Eastern Europe and Russia Expanding Community

Crimea: Russia’s Strategic Link to the Past and the Future

David Hunter explores Russia’s history, and how it relates to the current conflict.

Aren Saakyan Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Peace & Conflict Studies Security Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa

Making Monsters: American Support for Insurgency Groups in the Middle East Backfires

As ISIL expands its control over Iraq, Aren Saakyan argues that the consequences of supporting the Syrian Opposition will be much greater for the United States than the costs of supporting the Taliban during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Asia-Pacific Jasen Sagman Maritime Nation Naval Issues Peace & Conflict Studies The United States of America

The Elephant at Sea

Jasen Sagman explores how American aircraft carriers have dominated the Pacific Ocean for over sixty years, and China’s vast new array of missiles which seek to turn the tide.

Canada Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Diplomatic Relations Piotr Zulauf Procurement Security Security, Trade and the Economy Technology Terrorism The United States of America

The Economy of Drones and their Proliferation

Piotr Zulauf discusses how drones are changing national economies and how their proliferation will transform the way we wage war.

Christian Paas-Lang Defense Diplomatic Relations Security Society

Turkey’s Silent Military

Christian Paas-Lang discusses the conspicuous absence of the Turkish military in that country’s most recent political crisis.

Alexander Langer Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Peace & Conflict Studies Security

The Anatomy of a Coup: Comparing Thailand and Egypt

Alex Langer discusses the recent military coups in Egypt and Thailand and analyzes the impact on the international community.

Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia Expanding Community Global Governance Peace & Conflict Studies Zahra Sachedina

Minister-Counsellor at the Russian Embassy to the UK, Alexander Kramarenko, speaks at the Cambridge Union Society

Zahra Sachedina analyzes the Russian perspective on the Russia-West relationship offered by Russian Minister-Counsellor to the UK Alexander Kramarkenko.