The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Military
Scholarly Publications
From Denial to Punishment: The Security Dilemma and Changes in India’s Military Strategy towards China
November 2018
This article argues that China’s rise and its growing military power have intensified the Sino-Indian security dilemma.
Cheap fights, credible threats: The future of armed drones and coercion
February 2018
Drones are considered poor coercion tools: They cannot operate in contested airspace and they offer low-cost fights instead of more credible, costly signals.
Conditions of military contestation in populist Latin America
March 2017
Latin America experienced recurring episodes of populism, and of military reaction against populists, during the twentieth century, frequently ending in coups d’état.
Other Publications
Noncitizen Soldiers: Explaining Foreign Recruitment by Modern State Militaries
January 2019
More than a century after citizen armies became an international norm, nearly two dozen states actively recruit foreigners into their militaries.
Offensive Cyber Capabilities: To What Ends?
January 2018
Abstract: There is a growing interest in the use of offensive cyber capabilities (OCC) among states.
Why are Syrian Kurds pivoting toward Moscow?
February 2016
An affiliate of the largest and most powerful Kurdish party in Syria, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), opened its first official mission abroad — in Moscow.
News
The divide between Silicon Valley and Washington is a national-security threat
December 2018
A silent divide is weakening America’s national security, and it has nothing to do with President Donald Trump or party polarization.
The U.S. drone war in Pakistan revisited
November 2018
Many analysts, practitioners, and scholars are skeptical of the efficacy of drone strikes for counterterrorism, suggesting that they provide short-term gains at best and are counterproductive at...
RIP INF: The end of a landmark treaty
October 2018
President Donald Trump announced at a campaign rally on October 20 that the United States would withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
Events
Regional Powers and Nuclear Force Development: Explaining India’s Nuclear Submarine Program
December 19, 2017
Abstract: This research investigates why and how regional nuclear powers come to develop specific kind of nuclear delivery systems, especially a submarine-based ballistic missile (SSBN) force.
Why can’t we all just get along? The causes and uses of civil-military discord
December 12, 2017
- This event is offered as a joint sponsorship with the Hoover Institution - Registration is at capacity.
Putin and his generals: Explaining change in Russian nuclear strategy
December 8, 2017
Abstract: What are the causes of change in Russian declaratory nuclear strategy?
Projects
Regional Conflict and Cooperation
Regional conflicts present their own set of unique challenges to the international community.
English
Empirical Studies of Conflict
The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) addresses critical challenges to international security through methodologically rigorous, evidence-based analyses of insurgency, civil war and...
English
Multimedia
Remarks at MIT: Renewal or Retrenchment - U.S. Grand Strategy in a Volatile World
June 2015
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, a distinguished fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, presented remarks at the MIT Senior Congressional and Executive Office Branch Seminar, "Renewal or Retrenchment: U.S.
People
Karl Eikenberry Professor of the Practice Shorenstein APARC Fellow, Affiliate, CISAC, Affiliate, CDDRL, Affiliate, TEC 
