Duty Bound
International Law and Maritime Migration
By Melina Lito Photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In 2015, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that the number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea…
Mitigating Mayhem
Nations must address the challenges posed by global population trends
Rapid population growth, especially in the developing world, will likely increase and exacerbate global security challenges such as civil wars, ethnic violence,…
Europe’s Enduring Migration Crisis
Seeking answers to evolving dilemmas
By Demetrios G. Papademetriou, president, Migration Policy Institute Europe, and Caitlin Katsiaficas, research assistant
Three years after the latest European migration crisis erupted with a spike in…
Sharing the Responsibility
Refugee situations require international solutions
By Katharina Lumpp, representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Germany
Photos by UNHCR
The thousands of refugees seeking protection in Europe during 2015…
New Challenges for Germany
Meeting the demands of mass migration will take unity across the EU and beyond
By Florian Hahn
Migration has been a challenge for Germany on the domestic, security and foreign policy fronts. Migration and security are global challenges…
Cyber Terrorism and Energy Security
A growing threat imperils entire regions
By Ayhan Gücüyener, research fellow, NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence
magine being a member of a terrorist organization and wanting to create chaos and fear, but keep your anonymity. A…
Integration comes of Age
New policies promote the inclusion of immigrants
By Martin Hofmann photos by reuters
Integration started to attract an increasing amount of attention during the second half of the 1990s, often based on the assumption that in some ways…
Vigilance and Collaboration
Governments must broaden the gathering and sharing of ISIS intelligence
By James Howcroft, Director, Marshall Center Program on Terrorism and Security Studies
Photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Three years after declaring itself a…
Excluded
A sense of nonbelonging fuels violent radicalization in the United Kingdom
By Lorand Bodo, Ridgeway Information
Thus far, most of the models and theories attempting to explain how and why individuals become radicalized tend to view…
What About the Women
The importance of gender perspectives in countering violent extremism
BY Julie Arostegui LeMaster, J.D.
Human rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment are often considered secondary issues to be dealt with once a state or region has…