Security Cooperation | Intimacies of Remote Warfare

Here you will find a variety of relevant publications, op-eds, events, and podcasts published by ourselves and others.

Waging warfare remotely is seldom straightforward. Long-distance battles in far-flung locations often require close partnerships across Western allies and with military and political actors on the ground. Such alliances manifest across a range of social and material domains in the form of coalition warfare and security force assistance. They may be widely-recognized and institutionalised, or shadowy and transient. Common to them all is the fact that war ultimately plays out locally.

Patricia Sullivan

19 June 2023

19/06/23

The effects of US security assistance on civilian harm

Patricia Sullivan

Article

Dr. Sullivan discuss her findings on how state violence varies based on the type of security assistance and the institutional environment in the recipient state.

Security Cooperation

26 May 2023

26/05/23

Security Force Assistance in weak states

Article

Authors Emily Knowles and Jahara Matisek discuss that a shift is needed to a peacebuilding approach when providing SFA in weak states.

Security Cooperation

Will Reno, Franky Matisek

24 March 2023

24/03/23

Reflections on the realities of Security Force Assistance

Will Reno et al

Podcast

Prof. dr. Will Reno and military Prof. Matisek discuss the realities of Security Force Assistance in this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast.

12 January 2023

12/01/23

Dutch parliament lacked oversight over support for Syrian militias

Op-ed

In his latest op-ed, IRW researcher Jip van Dort reflects on the recently released independent research report that condemn the Dutch Non-Lethal Assistance for Syrian militias.

Jolle Demmers, Lauren Gould

04 April 2021

04/04/21

Remote Warfare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Jolle Demmers et al

Chapter

Bringing together writers from various backgrounds, this edited volume offers a critical enquiry into the use and impact of remote warfare.

Security Cooperation

Research Publications

20 June 2020

20/06/20

Book Chapter: Remote Warfare and the Utility of Military and Security Contractors

Research Publications

Forthcoming chapter from the E-International Relations Book "Remote Warfare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives"

Security Cooperation

15 January 2020

15/01/20

How Would a Military Drawdown Affect US Engagement in Africa?

Commentary

World Politics Review podcast interviewing journalist Peter Tinti on the evolution of US military engagement in Africa.

Katja Lindskov Jacobsen, Rune Saugmann

14 June 2019

14/06/19

Optimizing Coalition Air Warfare: The Emergence and Ethical Dilemmas of Red Card Holder Teams

Katja Lindskov Jacobsen et al

Article

Jacobsen and Saugmann examine the operationalisation of international law through Red Card Holders in collaborative military interventions.

Security Cooperation

08 January 2019

08/01/19

Buy now, pay later: American military intervention and the strategic cost paradox

Article

Thomas Waldman explores how attempts at avoiding short-term political costs of war increase longer-term political and security costs.

Security Cooperation

Jolle Demmers, Lauren Gould

13 August 2018

13/08/18

Liquid Warfare: AFRICOM and its pop-up militarization

Jolle Demmers et al

Commentary

Security Dialogue Author's blog on AFRICOM and its pop-up militarization.