Research & Analysis

COMBATTING MODERN SLAVERY AND EXPLOITATION IN CORPORATE SUPPLY CHAINS | MARC STAUNTON | 14 DECEMBER 2023

ALEXA ACTIVATE CYBER RESILENCY | DAVID J. HICKTON | 07 DECEMBER 2023

‘FOLLOW THE MONEY’ … BUT HOW FAR? TACKLING TRANSNATIONAL ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS THROUGH IRELAND | ALEXANDER CHANCE | 30 NOVEMBER 2023

MANDATES FOR EXTENSIVE VULNERABILITY REPORTING UNDERMINE CYBERSECURITY | NICK ASHTON-HART | 23 NOVEMBER 2023

CASUALTIES AND CONFLICT: GAZA AND UKRAINE | LAWRENCE FREEDMAN | 16 NOVEMBER 2023

THE ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS OF A GEOPOLITICAL EU | EOIN DREA | 09 November 2023

THE AI SAFETY SUMMIT AND SECURITY: GOVERNANCE IS VITAL BUT COHERENCE WILL BE HARD TO FIND | PATRICK HINTON | 31 OCTOBER 2023

CONTESTATION AND CONFUSION: IRISH CONSULTATIVE FORUM ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FINDINGS | BEN TONRA | 25 OCTOBER 2023

THE NEW CZECH NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: A WAKE-UP CALL IN A TUMULTUOUS WORLD | KATARINA HYNKOVA | 28 SEPTEMBER 2023

PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE WESTERN BALKANS AND MENA REGION URGENTLY NEEDS A NEW APPROACH | MAJA HALILOVIC PASTUOVIC | 21 SEPTEMBER 2023

THE 2023 BUCHAREST SUMMIT: STEPPING UP THE SECURITY DIMENSION OF THE THREE SEAS INITIATIVE | Laurențiu-Mihai Ștefan | 31 AUGUST 2023

BUILDING AN IRISH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE | DAVID-STRACHAN-MORRIS | 03 AUGUST 2023

RE-EXAMINING SINO-RUSSIA RELATIONS IN THE SHADOW OF THE UKRAINE WAR | JAMES CHAR | 27 JULY 2023

THE RETURN OF LATIN AMERICA’S MILITARY PROBLEM | GABRIEL COHEN | 20 JULY 2023

BELARUSIAN NUCLEAR FORCES? ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON NATO NUCLEAR SHARING | IAN O’CONNOR | 13 JULY 2023

STRENGTHENING THE INDO-PACIFIC MARITIME SECURITY COOPERATION BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND EUROPE | JIHOON YU | 06 JULY 2023

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN SECURITY AND DEFENCE: PREPARING FOR ‘KNOWN UNKNOWNS’ | CAITRÍONA HEINL | 29 JUNE 2023

THE REFRESH OF THE BRITISH INTEGRATED REVIEW: EUROPEAN ASPECTS | PADDY MCGUINNESS | 15 JUNE 2023

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: CENTRAL ASIA’S ECONOMIC AND SECURITY DILEMMAS AFTER RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE | Mariya Y. Omelicheva | 08 June 2023

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WILL THE HIGH SEAS TREATY PROVIDE THE PROTECTION NEEDED FOR OUR OCEANS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION IN THE FUTURE? | MARK MELLETT | 01 JUNE 2023

ETHIOPIA’S PEACE DEAL: PROSPECTS FOR THE POST-CONFLICT TRANSITION AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES | Faith Mabera | 25 May 2023

Upping the ante on EU cyber defence: What should we expect from our capitals? | Caitríona Heinl | 18 May 2023

Ireland’s place in the global cocaine trade and implications for public security | Alexander Chance | 11 May 2023

RUSSIAN MILITARY DEBATES AI DEVELOPMENT AND USE | SAMUEL BENDETT | 4 MAY 2023

A PRIMER ON THE FIRST EVER EUROPEAN SPACE STRATEGY FOR SECURITY AND DEFENCE | PETER O’HALLORAN | 27 APRIL 2023

DISRUPTING RANSOMWARE | DAVID J. HICKTON | 20 APRIL 2023

DIVERGENT APPROACHES TO TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: AUSTRALIA AND IRELAND | MEAGAN TYLER & RUTH BRESLIN | 13 APRIL 2023

REFLECTIONS ON ELECTED UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS’ IMPACT | 30 MARCH 2023

GOVERNANCE OF DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY: MATURING YET NASCENT MILITARY AI-CYBER POLICY HAS FAR TO GO | CAITRÍONA HEINL | 23 MARCH 2023

COUNTERING THE IRISH FAR-RIGHT: A TRANSNATIONAL THREAT REQUIRING INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION | JOSHUA FARRELL-MOLLOY | 16 MARCH 2023

WE MUST TREAT CYBER WARS THE SAME AS WE TREAT CONVENTIONAL MILITARY ENCOUNTERS | David J. Hickton | 09 March 2023

U.S.-China friction and the competition for global climate leadership | Jackson Ewing | 28 February 2023

SOME REALITIES FOR THE DEFENCE OF AN ISLAND BEHIND AN ISLAND | MARK MELLETT | 14 FEBRUARY 2023

ASEAN Chairmanship is a different animal than the G20 Presidency | Muhammad Waffaa Kharisma | 26 January 2023

The 2022 US National Security Strategy: An Indian Perspective | Sarabjeet S Parmar | 30 November 2022

Assessing China’s Nuclear Trajectory |
Ian O’ Connor | 09 November 2022

21ST CENTURY STATECRAFT AND CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER | DR. LYDIA KOSTOPOULOS | 03 NOVEMBER 2022

THE SECOND UKRAINE WAR: LEARNING LESSONS FROM AN ONGOING CONFLICT | DR. TIMOTHY D. HOYT | 28 OCTOBER 2022

Clear Hold Rebuild: The National Army counterinsurgency campaign in Cork during the Irish Civil War, Phd Thesis, University College Cork | Gareth Prendergast, Forthcoming 2022

Tending the tech-ecosystem: who should be the tech-regulator(s)? | 12 May 2022

The EU, Irish Defence Forces, and Contemporary Security | Jonathan Carroll, Mark Williams & Matthew O’Neill (Eds.) | Forthcoming 2022

Joint ESIWA-ORF Roundtable, Enhancing Global Cybersecurity Cooperation, Raisina Dialogue, New Delhi | 27 April 2022

‘Debating the Tech Sanctions on Russia: Is ‘Splinternet’ Upon Us?’, Raisina Edit, Caitríona Heinl | April 2022

Exploring Serious and Organised Crime across Ireland and the UK: Towards a Shared Understanding of a Shared Threat | Alexander Chance | 30 March 2022

Incorporating cybersecurity into EU policy formation | Paddy McGuinness | 25 March 2022

Is war in Ukraine the End of Cyber Diplomacy? | EU Cyber Direct Editorial Board | 18 March 2022

MATURING NATIONAL RESPONSES TO HYBRID INFLUENCING AND CYBER THREATS: A PRIMER ON FINLAND’S APPROACH | JARMO SAREVA AND LIISA TALONPOIKA | 02 March 2022

DETERRING RANSOMWARE ATTACKS: TREAT RANSOMWARE AS CRIMINALITY | PADDY MCGUINNESS | 16 February 2022

Taking Stock of Ireland’s Defence Industry | Neil Dee | 11 February 2022

Commission on the Defence Forces Report | 9 February 2022

EU CSDP MISSION REFORM AND IRELAND’S CONTRIBUTION | AONGHUS KELLY | 28 June 2021

“THE EU DOESN’T STOP AT THE WATER’S EDGE”: EU-INDIA AND THE INDO-PACIFIC
JOHN-JOSEPH WILKINS | 28 April 2021

EMERGING AI GOVERNANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: THE STAKES AND STAKEHOLDERS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Zoe Stanley-Lockman | 10 March 2021

IDENTITY POLITICS, NEUTRALITY AND THE SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT REFERENDUM: LESSONS FOR MODERN IRELAND
Jack McCarthy | 03 March 2021

CORRUPTION, ORGANISED CRIME AND CONFLICT IN MOZAMBIQUE: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL DONORS | Alexander Chance | 17 February 2021

CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THE INDO-PACIFIC: THE ‘DIGITAL QUAD’
Trisha Ray | 10 February 2021

MALICIOUS CYBER ACTIVITY IN THE COVID-19 ERA
Steve Honiss | 3 February 2021

STRATEGIC AUTONOMY AS ANTI-PROTECTIONISM
Jens Hillebrand Pohl | 30 November 2020

EUROPEAN STRATEGIC AUTONOMY: A TROJAN HORSE
Michael Murphy | 23 November 2020

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EUROPEAN STRATEGIC AUTONOMY IN THE SHADOW OF COVID-19: THREE LESSONS AND ONE CONCLUSION
BEN TONRA | 16 November 2020

COVID AND EUROPE’S STRATEGIC AWAKENING
Daniel Fiott | 11 November 2020

Navigating cyber diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific | 1 November 2020

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY AFTER COVID-19: POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
David Ramirez | 7 October 2020

SECURING THE COMMON TRAVEL AREA IN 2021
Edward Burke | 02 October 2020

TRADE AND STRATEGIC OVERRELIANCE ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS: A NEW PHASE IN GLOBALISATION?
Gareth Prendergast | 28 September 2020

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Winston Wenyan Ma | The rise of sovereign funds: Foreign takeover tensions exacerbated by Covid-19 | 27 July 2020

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Paddy McGuinness | Combatting low cost foreign takeovers of vulnerable companies in medical and strategic sectors in the wake of Covid-19 – New powers are not enough” | 10 July 2020

Developing an effective security strategy in Ireland: Lessons from the cyber domain | Caitríona Heinl | 02 March 2020

National cyber deterrence and the Irish Defence Forces’ contribution | Caitríona Heinl | 5 December 2019

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