by Steven Blockmans* | Feb 7, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Political & Hybrid Warfare
The theatricals surrounding the decision to move to phase II of the Brexit negotiations obscure another momentous European development: the launch of ‘permanent structured cooperation’ in the defence field. In this CEPS Commentary, Steven Blockmans explains...
by Michael Stone | Feb 4, 2018 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
Hezbollah has long championed the armed confrontation against Israel in the Middle East. (ICG Report 2017, 2). Its image in the Arab street made a peak after the July war in 2006, and the group depicted this as its second victory after ending the Israeli...
by Anne Speckhard | Feb 1, 2018 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
Hundreds of thousands of children around the world have been seduced and forced into being child soldiers and cadres in the service of armed and violent groups. Many have been successfully treated using a combination of individual, family and community...
by Tom Peeters | Feb 1, 2018 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management, Political & Hybrid Warfare
The Middle East (ME) has never been a peaceful place and throughout history, instability in the ME has always been a concern for the rest of the world. While these anxieties continue, in the past decade the ME has witnessed several extraordinary developments. If these...
by Onur Sultan | Jan 29, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
Daesh is about to lose the whole territory it holds in Syria and Iraq once as big as the UK. The Salafi jihadist organization, ruling over 6 million population with an army of 30.000 in 2015, had benefited from sectarian and ethnic tensions and imposed its ideology...
by Michael C. Tritle | Jan 29, 2018 | Commentary, Maritime & Naval Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
1. INTRODUCTION: Irregular immigration has become one of the toughest challenges in recent years that the world is facing, along with the terrorism. Since the latter has been exploiting the first heavily, these two challenges have become so intertwined that now it is...
