Defence & Security

Charting a course towards a safer world.   

The Academy's Defence & Security section focuses on the theory and practice of international security studies. Undergraduate and postgraduate scholars from top universities all around the world share their best academic projects on a plethora of security-related thematic concentrations. Among these include, just to mention a few, the relationship between security discourse and practice, European defense, WMD proliferation, the military-industrial complex, NATO, cybersecurity, critical security studies and human security.


Wu Yijie

Why Ukraine’s Peace Cannot Be Written into Existence Peace proposals often arrive with ceremony rather than consequence. They are announced with numbered clauses, moral clarity, and the promise of closure.…

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Theo Dyer

Yemen’s decade-long civil war took an unexpected turn in December 2025. Fighting broke out between the internationally recognized government and Southern Transitional Council (STC), who shared control of territory not…

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Jotham Talemwa

Amid the Democratic Republic of Congo's rapid rebellion, how did Rwanda sabotage a regional peacekeeping mission to the embattled country in favour of a proxy militant group? In May 2023,…

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Top Authors

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Mert Orman

Mert Orman

Number of posts: 2
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Angelica Faotto

Angelica Faotto

Number of posts: 2
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Seong Hyeon Choi

Seong Hyeon Choi

Number of posts: 1
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Leon Donadoni

Leon Donadoni

Number of posts: 1
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Maarten Visser

Maarten Visser

Number of posts: 1
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Smera Jayadeva

Smera Jayadeva

Number of posts: 1
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Firdavs Kobilov

Firdavs Kobilov

Number of posts: 1
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Roberto Colombo

Roberto Colombo

Number of posts: 1
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Sunayana Limbu

Sunayana Limbu

Number of posts: 1
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Pedro Lopes de Castro Barbosa

Pedro Lopes de Castro Barbosa

Number of posts: 1

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