Scoping exercise: Private military and security companies
Open Briefing: The increasing relevance of private military and security companies is related to the progressive privatisation of war in all of its new expressions. Open Briefing recently carried out a...
View ArticleScoping exercise: Special forces
Open Briefing: Budget cuts, overstretched ground forces and a range of ever-evolving security challenges are quickly making special operations forces a central strategy for many Western countries. Open...
View ArticleSeizing the initiative: Israel's strategic environment and the need for...
Open Briefing: Israel’s strategic neighbourhood is in flux and Netanyahu’s second government has responded with reactive cautiousness. However, this dynamic calls instead for more assertive diplomacy...
View ArticlePress release: New report calls for assertive diplomacy from Israel
Open Briefing has published a briefing paper calling for for more assertive diplomacy from Israel and a change in it’s current posturing, particularly in relation to the Palestinians, Iran and...
View ArticleRisk updates, 9 April 2013: Egypt, Hong Kong, Ukraine…
Risk updates and forecasts. Includes the death of five people in sectarian clashes between Coptic Orthodox Christians and Muslims in the town of al-Khusus, Egypt, and the dissolution of the Malaysian...
View ArticleDo unto others: Toward a defensible nuclear doctrine
The debate surrounding US nuclear policy focuses too narrowly on reducing the number of nuclear weapons in the American arsenal toward zero. More important is preventing the use of nuclear weapons in...
View ArticleWorld military spending falls, but China and Russia's spending rises
World military expenditure totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, a fall of 0.5% in real terms since 2011. The fall - the first since 1998 - was driven by major spending cuts in the United States and Western...
View ArticleRisk updates, 15 April 2013: Malaysia, North Korea, Sudan…
Risk updates and forecast. Includes the ongoing dockworkers strike at the Hong Kong International Terminal and the sophisticated cyber-attacks that targeted independent media outlets in Malaysia on 12...
View ArticleDossier: Explosions at the Boston Marathon
Open Briefing: On 15 April 2013, there were two explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon, in Boston, MA, United States. This dossier is a collection of open source intelligence from...
View ArticleTransnational organised crime in East Asia and the Pacific: A threat assessment
East Asia and the Pacific has experienced rapid economic and social changes during the past few decades, which have created considerable regulation challenges. Criminal enterprises have developed...
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