Publications
The Institute for Security and Development Policy regularly issues a variety of publications ranging from shorter Policy Briefs to more comprehensive studies in its Asia and Silk Road Papers series. Explore the different series below. If you’d like to contribute to our publications, please contact Jagannath Panda, Editor, at jpanda@isdp.eu, and read our submission guidelines.
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Ticking clock – Prospects for lasting peace in southern Philippines
The Philippine government’s peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front insurgents opens a pathway to reconciliation. Martina Klimesova assesses the security and economic obstacles to a long-term resolution of […]
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Trial By Twitter – Erdogan, the Gülenists, and the Future of Turkish Democracy
Last week, after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to “wipe out” Twitter, state authorities quickly tried to block the social media website. The move, which was immediately — […]
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Erdoğan’s Looming Downfall
The year 2013 was supposed to be momentous for Turkey’s strongman, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Having established himself as the single most powerful Turkish politician since Kemal Atatürk, he […]
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Sino –Russian Relations at the Start of the New Millennium in Central Asia and Beyond
Sino–Russian relations have swayed considerably in the second millennium. During the Yeltsin era, China–Russia relations were still strong, but this changed abruptly after Putin’s accession to the presidency in 2000 […]
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Recent Development Trends of Terrorism in Pakistan
巴基斯坦恐怖主义活动自2009年以来虽逐年递减,但2013年又有所回升,且破坏性日益增大;恐怖活动范围逐步扩散;恐怖袭击伤亡主体平民化,袭击活动频繁;袭击手段多样化、科技化,其根源由巴内外因素综合作用所致。从内部因素看,巴安全部队近年加大军事打击力度,虽对恐怖分子起到了一定的削弱和威慑作用,但由于过多强调军事手段,导致恐怖活动分散化。从外部因素看,美国的无人机打击行动对清除恐怖分子头目效果虽明显,却成了恐怖分子制造恐怖活动的重大诱因之一。未来巴安全局势不容乐观,恐怖主义将继续成为困扰巴安全的首要难题。
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China’s Growing International Role: Words, Deeds and Needs
As China’s economy has grown, so has its international presence in a variety of areas, among which the military and security dimension is particularly important. This paper examines China’s increasingly […]
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Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Threats in Central Asia: Connecting the New and the Old
This article analyzes how traditional and non-traditional threats in Central Asia interact and reinforce each other. It argues that analysts need to overcome the intellectual separation between “hard” and “soft” […]