Prof Alessio PatalanoJapan Bets on Arms Exports for Economic Resilience and Security
Read moreJapan’s lift of its ban on arms exports marks another stage in the country’s gradual transformation into a more proactive…
Dr Jade McGlynnSurviving Russia’s Surveillance State
Read moreRussia’s sophisticated system of repression in occupied Ukraine must force resistance to adapt.
Dr Nils Mallock and Dr Nafees HamidWho Wants Hezbollah to Stay Armed?
Read moreA new study by XCEPT researchers Nils Mallock and Nafees Hamid, published in Foreign Policy, presents empirical evidence on why…
Dr Shiraz MaherHow to Make Peace in the Middle East
Read moreThose attempting to secure a diplomatic bargain between the United States and Iran should draw lessons from the historic peace…
Dr Alexander Meleagrou-HitchensHow Jihadism Takes Root in Liberal Democracies
Read moreThe ISIS caliphate may have fallen, but the allure of Islamic holy war is still a potent force—even in the…
Prof John Bew CMGWhat’s Britain’s Place in the Post-Iran World Order?
Read moreMidway through James Joyce’s Ulysses, the character J.J. O’Molloy tips his hat to ‘Our watchful friend, the Skibbereen Eagle’, a…
Dr Jade McGlynnRussia’s War for Demographic Control
Read moreRussia is remaking the demographic structure of cities such as Mariupol, with implications that extend far beyond the current phase…
Prof John Bew CMGBritish Statecraft Needs More Than Internationalist Legal Orthodoxy
Read moreThe Government’s maximalist interpretation of public international law leaves Britain unprepared for the emerging world When the British Foreign Secretary Lord…
Dr Jade McGlynnA State-Engineered Architecture of Persecution: Russia’s Systematic Campaign Against Ukrainian Civilians in Occupied Territories
Read moreSince the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been subjected to a…
Dr Shiraz MaherAmerica’s Paradoxical War in Iran
Read moreLessons from the War on Terror and the Arab Spring suggest that President Trump’s siege of the Islamic Republic may…