Abstract: The rupture between Russia and the West stemming from the 2014 crisis over Ukraine has wide-ranging geopolitical implications. Russia has reverted to its traditional…
Country or Region: Russia
Abstract: The provision of advanced Russian military technology has been critical for the development of China’s anti-access/area-denial (A2AD) capability. This study focuses on one aspect…
Abstract: The growing threats from North Korea and China, as well as heightened concerns about the long-term reliability of the United States, have led Japan…
Abstract: The much hyped rise of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) has lately been met with equally fervent declarations of their…
Abstract: The weakening of the West’s global domination and the growing unwillingness on part of the US to defend the liberal order have increased the…
Summary: Despite their Cold War rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union frequently engaged in joint efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.…
Abstract: Whether military spending is capable of promoting social welfare is currently a controversial issue. The aim of this paper is to investigate how military…
Continue reading Zhang, Ying, Xiaoxing Liu, Jiaxin Xu, and Rui Wang
Abstract: This empirical note re-examines the causal linkages between military expenditures and economic growth for the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)…
Continue reading Zhong, Ming, Tsangyao Chang, Samrat Goswami, Rangan Gupta, and Tien-Wei Lou
Abstract: In this paper, we use new data on military expenditure (milex) compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to investigate the relationship…
Continue reading Markowski, Stefan, Satish Chand, and Robert Wylie
Abstract: Conventional wisdom holds that Iran has no formal doctrine of deterrence. Certain deterring agents have been identified, but these are incomplete and have not…
Abstract: This article examines the conditions under which great powers succeed or fail to shape a cooperative security agenda in their shared neighbourhoods. It compares…
Abstract Learning from Fukushima began as a project to respond in a helpful way to the March 2011 triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown)…
Abstract The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project with the Federation of American Scientists, and…
Abstract Why does Russia need so many nonstrategic nuclear weapons (NSNWs), which are considered by some observers to be an irrelevant relic of the Cold…
Abstract During the latter part of the Cold War, many strategists thought of nuclear deterrence and arms control as two of the most essential stabilizing…
Continue reading Anichkina, Tatiana, Anna Peczeli, and Nickolas Roth
