Overconfidence in the controllability of nuclear weapons creates danger. The passing of the
last elite witness of the most dangerous nuclear crisis, that is, the 'Cuban Missile Crisis', and …

The usefulness of 'realism'in explaining Russia's decision to invade Ukraine has become a
keenly contested debate not only in International Relations but in wider public intellectual …

International relations theory has long suggested that uncertainty during militarized crises
pushes states to adopt escalatory behavior. However, the leadup to the Russo-Ukrainian …

The war in Iraq unleashed disastrous global instability—from the strengthening of Al-Qaeda,
to the creation of ISIS, and civil war in Syria accompanied by a massive exodus of refugees …

Foresight exercises are increasingly popular among different actors across the globe.
Particularly in the context of uncertainties in world affairs, decision-makers are increasingly …

Abstract 'Brexit'—Britain's forthcoming exit from the European Union—can be understood as
a series of related material and ideational processes. These processes served to bring …

What do UK policymakers mean when they say that Britain's strategic environment is
returning to “multipolarity”? In realist international theory, polarity is a specific causal …

What are the roles of government institutions in the design and implementation of effective
national security policy? Using the case of post-2010 reform to Britain's central government …

This article explores how the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's (MoD) institutional vision
of the potential future character of conflict is reflected in current defence policy decision …

Names: Johnson, Robert, 1967–editor.| Kitzen, Martijn, 1978–editor.| Sweijs, Tim, 1981–
editor. Title: The conduct of war in the 21st century: kinetic, connected and synthetic/edited …