Security and Intelligence Studies

Weaponizing Water: Water Stress and Islamic Extremist Violence in Africa and the Middle East
Marcus D. King

Drought, lack of access, poor quality … water supplies are in jeopardy across Africa and the Middle East. These same areas are rife with conflicts involving Islamic extremist groups.    More >

Between Brussels and Beijing: The Transatlantic Response to China’s Presence in the Baltic Sea Region
Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, editors

China's growing presence in the strategically important Nordic-Baltic region has implications not only for the region itself, but also for general transatlantic relations. Within that    More >

Security Assistance in the Middle East: Challenges ... and the Need for Change
Hicham Alaoui and Robert Springborg, editors

Why, given the enormous resources spent by the US and Europe on security assistance to Arab countries, has it led to so little success? Can anything be done to change the disheartening    More >

The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries
Amira Jadoon with Andrew Mines

The deadly attack on Kabul's airport in August 2021 shocked the world and brought concentrated attention to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISK). New questions quickly arose: How    More >

The US Navy and the National Security Establishment: A Critical Assessment
John T. Hanley, Jr.

The US Navy is the most formidable naval force in the world—yet, it seems ill-suited to face today's challenges, especially the rise of China's maritime power. What explains    More >

Waging War with Gold: National Security and the Finance Domain Across the Ages
Charles A. Dainoff, Robert M. Farley, and Geoffrey F. Williams

"The sinews of war," posited Cicero, "are infinite money." Can the same be said of security? Tackling this thought-provoking question, the authors of Waging War with Gold    More >

Black Sea Battleground: The Road to Ukraine
Glen E. Howard, editor

Black Sea Battleground identifies and analyzes the key elements of a comprehensive US strategy for dealing with the cauldron of geopolitical and military competition in the Black Sea region.    More >

Arms Control at a Crossroads: Renewal or Demise?
Jeffrey A. Larsen and Shane Smith, editors

Is there a role for traditional arms control in today’s increasingly complex security environment? What new concepts and mechanisms are needed to make it valuable as a tool for    More >

Warfare  in the Robotics Age
Ash Rossiter and Peter Layton

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! From artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles to human augmentation … robots are increasingly being used by the military. For what    More >

Hedging the China Threat: US-Taiwan Security Relations Since 1949
Shao-cheng Sun

The United States has never formally recognized Taiwan as a sovereign state, yet it has provided the country with security assistance since the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC)    More >

From Nuclear Weapons to Global Security: 75 Years of Research and Development at Sandia National Laboratories
Justin Quinn Olmstead and Leland Johnson

Sandia National Laboratories is one of the primary providers of the science, technology, and engineering capabilities needed to ensure both US and global security. Its mandate has moved far    More >

Ending the Nuclear Arms Race: A Physicist’s Quest
Frank N. von Hippel

Frank N. von Hippel shares his remarkable journey as a key figure in the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, illuminating the far-reaching consequences of nuclear accidents and    More >

Ethical Espionage: Ethics and the Intelligence Cycle
Jan Goldman

Can spying ever be ethical? What role do ethics play in intelligence missions shrouded in secrecy? Can the end justify the means? Jan Goldman confronts these thorny questions as he charts    More >

Pivotal Poland: Europe's Rising Power
Janusz Bugajski

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine precipitated a tectonic shift in European security dynamics, ending a relatively peaceful post–Cold War phase and moving the epicenter of    More >

Tech Cold War: The Geopolitics of Technology
Ansgar Baums and Nicholas Butts

TikTok, Huawei, semiconductors, AI … Technology has become a field of fierce geopolitical competition, especially between the United States and China. What drives this particular    More >

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