Abstract Under what conditions are adversarial conventional arms control agreements (CAC) in Europe successful or unsuccessful? This study aims to identify the conjunctural causes of conventional arms control success in Europe from the end of World War One to the present based on a dataset of 22 cases....

Abstract Drawing on classical realism, the article investigates whether the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), just like the other subregional projects that Romania took part in since joining NATO in 2004, has been part of Romania’s external balancing towards Russia. In contrast to the 1990s, when the Black...

Abstract This article focuses on the EU's sanctions against Russia, which were adopted in several rounds after Russia’s aggressive actions against Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. This article reviews and critically examines the existing academic works on this topic. In particular, it identifies, distinguishes...

CARLSON, Brian G., THRÄNERT, Oliver (Eds.). Strategic Trends 2023: Key Developments in Global Affairs. Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich. ISBN 978-3-905696-89-9   The ‘Strategic Trends 2023: Key Developments in Global Affairs’ publication delivers a thorough analysis of the pivotal...