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…