Conflict and Security provides a framework for objective analysis of contemporary international security issues. Scholars and practitioners choose the Journal as a venue to present progressive ideas on peace and security. By examining issues such as the future role of intelligence, traditional state-to-state conflict, asymmetrical threats of terrorism, weapons proliferation and weak states, Conflict and Security is at the forefront of providing contextual analysis of the issues that will challenge states, policymakers, NGOs and the leaders of the private sector in the twenty-first century.

Why States Choose Paramilitarism

By Ariel I. Ahram

In the summer of 2004, a new word entered Western dictionaries, drawn from colloquial Sudanese Arabic—Janjaweed, the devil-horsemen. more...

Architects of Peace:
The African Union and NEPAD

By James Busumtwi-Sam

The African Union (AU) was officially launched in 2002 to foster closer economic and political integration among African states and to promote peace, security, and development
on the continent. more...

Demographics and Security in Maritime Southeast Asia

By Brian Nichiporuk, Clifford Grammich, Angel Rabasa, and Julie DaVanzo

The African Union (AU) was officially launched in 2002 to foster closer economic and political integration among African states and to promote peace, security, and development
on the continent. more...