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Defense Institution Building from Above? Lessons from the Baltic Experience	6,886
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National Cyber Security Strategy and the Emergence of Strong Digital Borders	6,549
Defense Education Enhancement Program in Ukraine: The Limits of NATO’s Education Program	6,489
Peacemakers: American Leadership and the End of Genocide in the Balkans (book review)	6,136
Defence Institution Building in Ukraine at Peace and at War	6,103
Cyber Defence in Germany: Challenges and the Way Forward for the Bundeswehr	6,093
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Defense Against Negative Strategic Communications	5,952
Georgia and Ukraine in the Kremlin’s Policy	5,810
Cybersecurity in Switzerland: Challenges and the Way Forward for the Swiss Armed Forces	5,546
Israel Defense Forces and National Cyber Defense	5,363
Defense Institution Building in the U.S. Context	5,297
The Persistent Demand for Defense Institution Building	5,249
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National Cyber Defence Policies and the Role of International Cooperation	3,039
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Deterrence in Eastern Europe in Theory and Practice	2,359
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Coronavirus Pandemic and Reactions in the EU Accession Classes of 2004-2007	2,140
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The Legal and Legitimate Combat Against COVID-19: German Curfew-related Case Law	2,030
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Pandemics and Armed Forces: Which Roles Are Appropriate?	2,009
The Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa: Reflections on Current and Future Impacts	1,929
The Western Balkan Countries in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Policy Recommendations	1,846
The Security Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic	1,818
After the Crisis: The Role of Resilience in Coming Back Stronger	1,766
Deterrence and Defense at the Eastern Flank of NATO and the EU: Readiness and Interoperability in the Context of Forward Presence	1,616
Hybrid Warfare and Cyber Effects in Energy Infrastructure	1,591
Conflict Resilience and the Image of the Other among North and South Koreans	1,578
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Serbia’s Orientation Challenge and Ways to Overcome It	1,476
The Importance of Resilience in the Agenda Women, Peace and Security, Particularly During the COVID-19 Pandemic	1,467
Cross-domain Coercion as Russia’s Endeavor to Weaken the Eastern Flank of NATO: A Latvian Case Study	1,455
Stabilization Missions – Lessons to Be Learned from Resilience-Based Peacebuilding	1,383
Technology as a Resilience Factor in Peace Operations	1,359
The Concept of Resilience: Security Implications and Implementation Challenges	1,350
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Evolving Concept of Resilience: Soft Measures of Flood Risk Management in Japan	1,311
A Multi-dimensional Matrix for Better Defining and Conceptualizing Resilience	1,276
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Institutional Resilience and Building Integrity in the Defence and Security Sector	1,190
Russian Economic Footprint and the Impact on Democratic Institutions in Georgia	1,183
2020 Transatlantic Security Jam: Resilience Going Forward	1,174
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The Evolution of Resilience	1,047
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Twenty First Century Defense Acquisition: Challenges and Opportunities	E. Wright	(3)
Making Sense of Hybrid Warfare	J.K. Wither	(3)
Terror-Crime Nexus? Terrorism and Arms, Drug, and Human Trafficking in Georgia	C.M. Traughber	(3)
Terrorist Routes in Central Asia: Trafficking Drugs, Humans, and Weapons	R. Burnashev	(3)
Defense Policy and Reforms in Bulgaria since the End of the Cold War: A Critical Analysis	G. Tzvetkov	(3)
Between Minimum Force and Maximum Violence: Combating Political Violence Movements with Third-Force Options	D. Zimmermann	(3)
The Role of Italy’s Military in Supporting the Civil Authorities	C. Cabigiosu	(2)
Summary of Conclusions: Combating Terrorism Working Group (CTWG)	R.D. Howard; C.M. Traughber	(2)
Deterrence in Eastern Europe in Theory and Practice	D.W. Driver	(2)
Mind the Three Transatlantic Power Gaps: How a New Framework Can Help Reinvent the Transatlantic Relationship	S.R. Sloan; H. Borchert	(2)
Cyber Defence in Germany: Challenges and the Way Forward for the Bundeswehr	L. Leinhos	(2)
Post-Soviet States Between Russia and the EU: Reviving Geopolitical Competition? A Dual Perspective	T.Lucian Moga; D. Alexeev	(2)
Deterrence and Defense at the Eastern Flank of NATO and the EU: Readiness and Interoperability in the Context of Forward Presence	V. Shalamanov; P. Anastasov; G. Tsvetkov	(2)
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Beyond Defense Planning	D. Nelson	(2)
The Routes of Terrorism and Trafficking from Central Asia to Western Europe	R.D. Howard; C.M. Traughber	(2)
Terrorist Routes in South Eastern Europe	T. Busuncian	(2)
Russia and Montenegro: How and Why a Centuries’ Old Relationship Ruptured	I. Gardasevic	(1)
Trafficking Routes and Links to Terrorism in South Eastern Europe: The Case of Romania	L.Ovidia Vreja	(1)
Labors of the New American Hercules: Transatlantic Relations in the Wake of the War with Iraq	H. Gardner	(1)
Heirs of Abu Bakr: On the Ideology and Conception of History in al-Qaeda and Islamic State	J. Skovgaard-Petersen	(1)
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